Pradeep Amirthanayagam has been appointed as the Deputy Chief of Staff to Prime Minister Ranil Wickramasinghe, the Prime Minister's office said issuing a statement.
Mr. Pradeep Amirthanayagam is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Marketing UK (FCIM) and a reputed advertising and media personality in Sri Lanka with over 30 years experience in the fields of journalism, advertising and administration.
He is a media icon who served as a news presenter for Rupavahini, ITN and SLBC and also an interviewer and a cricket commentator.
Mr. Pradeep Amirthanayagam was instrumental in setting up Holmes Pollard and Stott (Pvt) Ltd- advertising services company in 1990. He was the Deputy Chairman of People’s Leasing & Finance since 2015.
A Thai woman walking topless in Arugam Bay town has been arrested by the Police.
The UK government has unveiled a package of reforms to simplify imports from developing countries which allows for more garments manufactured in Sri Lanka to enter the UK tariff-free.
The Cabinet has approved a proposal for Sri Lankans overseas to apply for their passports through an online system via the Lankan diplomatic missions.
Villagers in Nirmalapura, Daluwa, Norochcholai today staged a protest over an incident where a group of Navy officials and sailors had assaulted a resident in the area over night, Police said.
A passenger attempting to smuggle the largest quantity of gold of 35 kilo grams was arrested by the Customs at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) today, a senior official said.
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