President Maithripala Sirisena has issued a gazette notification declaring the Telecommunications Regulatory Commission as being under the Ministry of Defence as of March 07.
Accordingly, the Sri Lanka Telecommunication Act has also been brought under the purview of the Defence Ministry.
Meanwhile, SriLankan Airlines Ltd. and its subsidiaries have been listed under the Ministry of Finance, the gazette read.
The Ranmihithenna Mahinda Rajapaksa National Tele-cinema Park has been brought under the Ministry of Housing, Construction and Cultural Affairs while Sri Lanka Telecom and its subsidiaries now fall under the Ministry of Telecommunications, Foreign Employment and Sports.
All Ceylon Makkal Congress MP Ali Sabri Raheem had been arrested by Kalpitiya police after he surrendered to the police today morning.
An interim order prohibiting Deshabandu Tennakoon from carrying out his duties as Inspector General of Police (IGP) has been issued by the Supreme Court.
Senior DIG Nilantha Jayawardena has been sent on compulsory leave pending disciplinary investigation over his failure to prevent the Easter Sunday bombings.
The 22nd amendment to the constitution dealing with the term of the President has been gazetted by order of President Ranil Wickremesinghe.
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