The final rites of late Minister MKADS Gunawardena will be held in Kantale on January 23.Gunawardena passed away yesterday at a private hospital in Colombo at the age of 69.
He was a veteran SLFP politician from Trincomalee District and served as the Deputy Minister of Buddha Sasana under the Mahinda Rajapaksa government before defecting with the then Minister of Health Maithripala Sirisena to the opposition.
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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