President Maithripala Sirisena has appointed a five-member commission to the Office for Reparations for a three year period, the Prime Minister's office said yesterday (Apr 04).
The committee would be chaired by Dhara Wijethilake and will comprise of A.A. Fathihu, Col. (Rtd.) W.W. Rathnapriya Bandu, Dr. J.M. Swaminadan, and Sumithra Sellathamby who would serve as members of the Commission.
An sum of Rs 700 million was allocated for the establishment and staffing of the Office for Reparations in this year's budget.
The Commissioners were selected and nominated through the Constitutional Council before it was sent to the President for approval.
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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