President Maithripala Sirisena today brought the Department of Government Printing under the purview of the Ministry of Defence.
In a Gazette issued a short while ago, the Government Printer and powers relating to Government printing and publication was brought under the Defence Ministry which comes under the President.
It was done by way of an Extraordinary Gazette notification issued a short while ago.
The Government is finalising a list of names to be posted as heads of Sri Lanka’s missions abroad with ex-Chief Justice Jayantha Jayasuriya assuming the position of Permanent Representative to the United Nations in New York.
Yoshitha Rajapaksa has been arrested by the CID in Beliatta, the Police said.
The CID has arrested Susantha de Silva, former Managing Director of the Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) for allegedly misappropriating 6.1 million rupees in 2014.
Sri Lanka Railways is enhancing services for the popular ’Ella Odyssey’ train to boost tourism.
Yoshitha Rajapaksa has been remanded until January 27.
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