Senior Additional Solicitor General Jayantha Jayasuriya took oaths as the Attorney General before the President a short while ago, the President’s Media Unit said.
The Constitutional Council yesterday recommended Senior Additional Solicitor General Jayantha Jayasuriya to the post of new Attorney General which has been left vacant following the retirement of Attorney General Yuwanjana Wanasundara last month.
Jayantha Jayasuriya PC joined the Attorney-General's Department in November 1983. He was sppointed as the Additional Solicitor-General in 2011. He succeeds Yuvanjana Wijayatilake P.C who retired as AG on January 10. Under the 19th Amendment, the President makes the appointment subject to the approval of the Constitutional Council.
A Thai woman walking topless in Arugam Bay town has been arrested by the Police.
The Cabinet has approved a proposal for Sri Lankans overseas to apply for their passports through an online system via the Lankan diplomatic missions.
Ajith Gallage, the owner of a Bird Park in Nagarawawa, Hambantota, has been remanded over allegations of concealing illegally imported motorcycles, in a warehouse owned by him.
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