Joint Opposition Parliamentarian Prasanna Ranatunga took office as Minister of Industrial Exports & Investment Promotions, Tourism & Aviation today.
He assumed his duties after a ceremony at the Industrial Exports & Investment Promotions Ministry premises.
A ministry spokesman said Mr. Ranatunga would meet employees of the Tourism and Aviation ministry this evening.
Mr. Ranatunga is one of the two first- time ministers in the present caretaker cabinet. The other first-time minister is Ramesh Pathirana.
Mr. Ranatunga served as the Chief Minister of the Western Province before entering Parliament in 2015.
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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