The District Secretary of Batticaloa district Mrs.Kalamathy Pathmarajah has been transferred with immediate effect by the Presidential Secretariat, Secretariat sources said.
K.Karunakaran, Secretary to the Eastern Provincial Health Ministry has been appointed as the new District Secretary.
Local civil society leaders alleged that the transfer was due to political influence considering the tough actions taken by the outgoing District Secretary on land grabbing incidents among local communities in the district.
A Thai woman walking topless in Arugam Bay town has been arrested by the Police.
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.
The Cabinet has approved a proposal for Sri Lankans overseas to apply for their passports through an online system via the Lankan diplomatic missions.
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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