Former Mayor of Kandy, Chandra Ranaraja passed away this morning.
She was the wife of former Deputy Minister of Justice Shelton Ranaraja who passed away in August, 2011.
A political traiblazer in her own right, Chandra Ranaraja was elected Kandy's first female mayor in 1990.
She was a mother of five daughters.
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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