Commissioner General of Excise Department (acting) Ariyadasa Bodaragama has been given the permanent position of Commissioner General following a decision made by the Cabinet.
Cabinet Secretary W.M.D.J. Fernando handed over the appointment letter to Mr. Bodaragama recently. Department’s Spokesman Deputy Excise Commissioner Kapila Kumarasinghe said the new Excise Chief is a special grade officer of the Department with an experience of over three decades.
I still remember the day of August 1947 floods, as it was the last school day at Kingswood College Kandy and the height the water soured. Water rose to the height of the Cross of the Chrurch at Getambe and the water was so high that it engulfed the Getambe Rajaponawarma Temple leaving only a few leaves of the Bo-tree visible.
The Colombo Additional Magistrate has ordered the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) to investigate and submit a report over a complaint about the alleged illegal assets gained by model Piumi Hansamali.
Heritage properties are major tourist attractions world over. Sri Lanka is no exception in this matter. From Colombo, Galle, most of the mountain cities including Nuwara Eliya, Bandarawela, Hatton and Kandy and in the North, hundreds of heritage properties are spread across.
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