The new secretaries, appointed to ten ministries received their letters of appointments from President Maithripala Sirisena yesterday (June 07) at the President’s Official Residence.
Following is the list of the new secretaries;
Ministry of Transport and Civil Aviation – G S. Vithanage
Health, Nutrition and Indigenous Medicine – Udaya R. Senevirathne
Petroleum Resources Development – Upali Marasinghe
Plantation Industries – J. A. Ranjith
Science Technology and Research – Shirani Weerakoon
Labour, trade Union Relations and Sabaragamuwa Development – S. A. N. Saranathissa
Irrigation and Water Resource Management – Jayantha Wijeyrathne
Regional Development – A. P. G. Kithsiri
Development Activities – L. D. Senanayake
Mahaweli Development and Environment – Anura Dissanayake
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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