Nine Cabinet Ministers and a State Minister took oaths today in their new portfolios before President Maithripala Sirisena at the Presidential Secretariat.
Ministers
Mangala Samaraweera- Minister of Finance & Mass Media
Ravi Karunanayake – Minister of Foreign Affairs
SB Dissanayake – Minister of Social Empowerment, Welfare & Kandyan Heritage
WDJ Seneviratne – Minister of Labour, Trade Union Relations & Sabaragamu Development
Mahinda Samarasinghe – Minister of Ports & Shipping
Gayantha Karunatilake – Minister of Lands & Parliamentary Reforms
Arjuna Ranatunga – Minister of Petroleum Resources Development
Chandima Weerakkody – Minister of Skills Development & Vocational Training
Thilak Marapana – Minister of Development Assignments
State Minister
Mahinda Amaraweera – State Minister of Mahaweli Development
Mr. Ali Sabri Rahim, a Member of Parliament (MP) for Puttalam District whom an open warrant had been issued, attended a public ceremony at Al Aksha National School in Kalpitiya today (16) as the special guest of honor.
The Supreme Court today refused interim relief in an application filed by President’s Counsel Senaka Walgampaya seeking an Order from the Supreme Court compelling the President to appoint judges to fill the existing vacancies in the Court Of Appeal.
Gazette on new speed limit regulations to be issued within two weeks
Senior DIG Nilantha Jayawardena has been sent on compulsory leave pending disciplinary investigation over his failure to prevent the Easter Sunday bombings.
All Ceylon Makkal Congress MP Ali Sabri Raheem had been arrested by Kalpitiya police after he surrendered to the police today morning.
Two underworld criminals wanted for multiple crimes, including murder, were brought from Dubai to Sri Lanka, today (12).
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