President Maithripala Sirisena appointed Leslie Devendra, General Secretary, Sri Lanka Nidahas Sevaka Sangamaya as the Presidential Director General for trade union activities, a statement from Presidential Secretariat said.
He received his appointment letter from the President at the Presidential Secretariat. He is one of the senior active trade union leaders in the country and he was appointed to this post in parallel to the completion of his 52 years of service in trade union activities.
Mr. Devendra rendered a great service to the Sri Lanka Nidahas Sevaka Sangamaya to make it a largest and strongest trade union in the country.
Former President’s Secretary Saman Ekanayake was today remanded until February 11 by the Fort Magistrate in relation to the case where former President Ranil Wickremesinghe is alleged to have misused Rs. 16.6 million in state funds during a visit to the UK to attend his wife’s graduation ceremony at the University of Wolverhampton.
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