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.
The death toll in the Ella bus accident has increased to 15 with 16 others injured.
Sri Lanka’s largest renewable energy project, the ‘Rvidanavi’ Solar Power Park project was launched in Siyambalanduwa today by President Anura Kumara Dissanayake.
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