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.
The funeral of arguably the Queen of the Sinhala cinema Malini Fonseka, will be held with state honours on Monday, May 26, 2025, at the Independence Square.
First Bishop of the Batticaloa Diocese, Retired Bishop Joseph Ponnaiya, passed away today at the age of 74, following a brief illness.
The NPP government has been at the wheel for almost 6 months now. The time to keep looking at the rear view mirror and living in the past is about over.
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