A special four-member committee has been appointed by the cabinet in order to address the power crisis being faced by the country at present.
This committee will comprise Ministers Ravi Karunanayake, Kabir Hashim, Dr. Harsha de Silva and Eran Wickremaratne.
President Maithripala Sirisena, during yesterday's cabinet meeting had stressed that the rift between the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) and the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) was the main cause for this power crisis.
On the same lines he had pointed out that it was the ordinary people who have to face the brunt of such disputes.
Former Chairman of SriLankan Airlines, Nishantha Wickramasinghe, arrested on allegation of corruption by the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) has been remanded until July 1 by the Colombo Magistrate court.
Deputy Minister of Finance and Economic Stabilization and NPP National List MP Harshana Suriyapperuma who is tipped to be named the next Finance Ministry Secretary resigned from Parliament today.
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