President Ranil Wickremesinghe will depart this afternoon (20) for a two-day official visit to India.
During his absence, several ministers have been appointed to oversee ministries under the President.
Accordingly, State Ministers Pramitha Bandara Tennakoon will serve as the Minister of Defence & Shehan Semasinghe as the Minister of Finance, Economic Stabilization and National Policy, the President's office said.
The UK government has unveiled a package of reforms to simplify imports from developing countries which allows for more garments manufactured in Sri Lanka to enter the UK tariff-free.
Read these and more on tomorrow’s edition of the Sunday Times
Cabinet has approved the appointment of Commodore (retired) M.B.N.A. Premaratne of the Sri Lanka Navy, as the new Commissioner General of Excise.
Villagers in Nirmalapura, Daluwa, Norochcholai today staged a protest over an incident where a group of Navy officials and sailors had assaulted a resident in the area over night, Police said.
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