Mr. K. D. N. Ranjith Asoka has been appointed as the Secretary to the Ministry of Public Administration, Home Affairs, Provincial Councils and Local Government, replacing Mr Neil Bandara Hapuhinna.
Mr Hapuhinna has been given a posting as the Senior Additional Secretary in the President’s office.
Mr Hapuhinna was involved in the controversy of issuing directions to the District Secretaries not to accept deposits for the Local Government nominations. However hours later he withdrew the circular.
No action was taken against him after he apologized to the Election Commission.
The Committee on High Posts has approved the nomination of Former Air Force Commander Air Chief Marshal (Retd.)
Former Chairman of SriLankan Airlines, Nishantha Wickramasinghe, arrested on allegation of corruption by the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) has been remanded until July 1 by the Colombo Magistrate court.
A Sri Lankan man was apprehended at Suvarnabhumi airport for attempting to smuggle wildlife out of the country after three ball pythons were found hidden in his underwear, the Bangkok post reported.
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