The Cabinet Committee on Economic Management (CCEM) has appointed two personalities from the industry to guide and advise the committee overseeing the long-delayed digital cum global tourism campaign to promote Sri Lanka.
Dilmah Founder Merrill J. Fernando and Vallibel One Founder Director Dhammika Perera have been appointed from the industry to coordinate the work with the Sri Lanka Tourism Promotion Bureau (SLTPB) on these two key promotional campaigns that are long overdue.
Dilmah Chairman Fernando told the Business Times on Monday that he was appointed just last week and said he would be attending the first meeting this Thursday.
He added that it was previously been carried out by very few who know of the subject and stated that now the chairman of the SLTPB will get the correct guidance to carry out the work.
Those overseeing the work of the digital marketing campaign and the global promotional campaign of Sri Lanka Tourism is a team of persons appointed by the CCEM namely : Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority Chairman Kavan Ratnayake, Sri Lanka Tourism Promotion Bureau Chairman Udaya Nanayakkara, Public Private Partnership task force appointee Thilan Wijesinghe, Dilmah Founder Merrill J. Fernando and industry personality Dhammika Perera.
Public Security Minister Ananda Wijepala told Parliament today that the suspect in the rape of a lady doctor at the Anuradhapura teaching hospital has been identified as an army deserter and he will be apprehended shortly.
Police have arrested the suspect connected to the sexual assault on a female doctor at the Anuradhapura Teaching Hospital today morning in Galnewa.
The Dutch Public Prosecutor suspects two companies of paying bribes in the construction of hospitals in Sri Lanka, according to an investigation by FD, the Dutch financial newspaper.
The Government today tabled in the House the Report of the Commission to Inquiry into the Establishment and Maintenance of Unlawful Places of Detention and Torture Chambers in the Batalanda Housing Scheme.
The Minister of Power, Kumara Jayakody, stated that in the future, internationally funded projects, such as power projects, will only be carried out through government-to-government (G2G) agreements and competitive procurement.
Former President Ranil Wickremesinghe said today he wholly rejects the Batalanda Commission report and that it was appointed wholly with the intention slinging political mud at him.
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