Four new State Ministers and three new Deputy Ministers were appointed by President Maithripala Sirisena today, Presidential Secretariat, said.
The new State Ministers are as follows:
Wasantha Senanayake - Foreign Affairs State Minister
Eran Wickramaratne - Finance State Minister
Lakshman Yapa Abeywardena - Public Enterprise Development State Minister
Palitha Range Bandara -Irrigation State Minister
The new Deputy Ministers are as follows:
Harsha de Silva - National Policies and Economic Affairs Deputy Minister
Ranjan Ramanayeka- Social Empowerment Welfare and Kandyan Heritage Deputy Minister
Karunarathna Paranawithana - Skills Development and Vocational Training Deputy Minister
Popular grade five tuition teacher, Hayeshika Fernando wanted over assaulting a 21 year old youth was granted bail today after she surrendered to courts.
First Bishop of the Batticaloa Diocese, Retired Bishop Joseph Ponnaiya, passed away today at the age of 74, following a brief illness.
A British national had been arrested over attempting to smuggle in the largest haul of kush( drugs) from Thailand, customs said.
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