Six newly appointed Provincial Governors took oaths before President Maithripala Sirisena earlier today at the Presidential Secretariat.
The details of newly appointed six governors as follows:
HMGS Palihakkara - Northern Province Governor
Austin Fernando - Eastern Province Governor
BMRA Perera - Sabaragamuwa Province Governor
Surangani Ellawala - Central Province Governor
PB Dissanayake - North Central Province Governor
Attorney-at-Law MP Jayasinghe - Uva Province Governor
Earlier, Mr K.C. Yogeswaran, Mrs. Amara Piyaseeli Ratnayake and Mr. Hemakumara Nanayakkara were sworn in as Governors of Western, North Western and Southern Provinces respectively.
The final rites of veteran broadcaster, writer, and lyricist Nirmala de Alwis will be held today at Peradeniya.
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The Supreme Court today ordered the owning and operating companies of the X-Press Pearl Vessel to pay US $ one billion as compensation for the environmental and economic damage it caused, after the ship sank off the Colombo Port in 2021.
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