The cabinet and security council meetings were held yesterday due to a personal visit which would be undertaken by President Maithripala Sirisena to Britain tomorrow (Jul 9).
Generally cabinet meetings are held on Tuesdays while the National Security Council meets on Wednesdays.
However, certain ministers had not turned up for yesterday's meeting since they were given short-notice and had been engaged in personal commitments.
Due to this reason, several cabinet papers had been put on hold until next week.
Meanwhile, the Security Council too had met at 7 pm under the patronage of the President.
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.
Read these and more on tomorrow’s edition of the Sunday Times
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.
Villagers in Nirmalapura, Daluwa, Norochcholai today staged a protest over an incident where a group of Navy officials and sailors had assaulted a resident in the area over night, Police said.
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