Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe will leave the island today to attend the 46th Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Prime minister office said.
Prime Minister Wickremesinghe has been invited to attend the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2016 from 20 - 23 January 2016 with the participation of over 40 heads of state and 2500 economists. This is the first time that a Sri Lankan political leader has been invited to attend the Davos meeting.
Ministers Ravi Karunanayake and Malik Samarawickrema will accompany the Prime Minister in this tour. Sri Lanka will also hold a roadshow in Davos, from January 19-23, alongside the WEF annual meeting, Finance Minister Ravi Karunanayake said last month.
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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