Hotel Shangri-La which was introduced to Sri Lanka by President Mahinda Rajapaksa by handing it the Sri Lanka Army premises in Colombo’s Galle Face area invited the former President to lunch on Friday — the day after the incumbent President Maithripala Sirisena formally declared the hotel open.
President Rajapaksa was not among those at the dinner for 300 guests either the previous night at which Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe was the chief guest.
Friday also marked the 72nd birthday of the former President.
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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