Mr. Siddi Mohamed Farook was appointed as the Chairman of the Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation with immediate effect by the Minister of Finance and Media Mangala Samaraweera.
Farook had his primary education at Royal College and has a BAA in International Trade from the Chu Hai College in Hong Kong. An entrepreneur specializing in the field of mobile telecommunications, he served as the Director/CEO of Pan Asian Power PLC from 2009-2017, the government news portal reported.
A Thai woman walking topless in Arugam Bay town has been arrested by the Police.
The UK government has unveiled a package of reforms to simplify imports from developing countries which allows for more garments manufactured in Sri Lanka to enter the UK tariff-free.
The Cabinet has approved a proposal for Sri Lankans overseas to apply for their passports through an online system via the Lankan diplomatic missions.
Cabinet has approved the appointment of Commodore (retired) M.B.N.A. Premaratne of the Sri Lanka Navy, as the new Commissioner General of Excise.
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