Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe will move a motion in Parliament tomorrow to limit the number of Cabinet Ministers in the national government to 48 and the number of those not in the Cabinet Ministers and Deputy Ministers to 45. This is in keeping with the provisions of the 19th Amendment to the Constitution which states that in the case of a National unity Government being set up by the party that wins the largest number of MPs in Parliament along with another party, Parliament will determine the number of Cabinet and non-Cabinet ministers.
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.
A Thai woman walking topless in Arugam Bay town has been arrested by the Police.
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.
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