The government is to close the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) Secretariat in operation at the BMICH on a rent basis, local media reported.
Deputy Foreign Minister Ajith Perera quoted by local media reports said the government had to incur additional expenses to maintain this secretariat.
Perera who inspected the Secretariat yesterday said no official is currently employed at the Secretariat, which was established parallel to CHOGM.
Meanwhile, reports suggested that an office of former Monitoring MP for External Affairs Ministry Sajin Vass Gunawardena in operation at the Secretariat was also ordered to be closed by the deputy minister.
The Committee on High Posts has approved the nomination of Former Air Force Commander Air Chief Marshal (Retd.)
A Sri Lankan man was apprehended at Suvarnabhumi airport for attempting to smuggle wildlife out of the country after three ball pythons were found hidden in his underwear, the Bangkok post reported.
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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