Cabinet approval has been granted to appoint Pasan Ratnayake as the new Controller General of the Immigration and Emigration Department.
Ratnayake, a senior state administrative official, had previously served as Additional Controller General at the Department since 2017.
The post of Controller General had fallen vacant for two months after the transfer of Nihal Ranasinghe from that position to the post of Education Secretary.
Accordingly, Ratnayake had served as the Acting Controller General before his appointment as the Immigration Chief.
The Committee on High Posts has approved the nomination of Former Air Force Commander Air Chief Marshal (Retd.)
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.
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