Sri Lanka’s recently retired chief justice, K. Sripavan has been appointed an independent director at Commercial Bank with effect from April 26, the bank said on Wednesday.
This is not the only occasion when a former chief justice has served on the bank board. Victor Tennekoon, Sri Lanka’s chief justice in the later 1970s, served in the 1980s as deputy chairman of the Commercial Bank. –ENDS -
The outgoing Chief Justice K. Sripavan,paid a farewell call on President Maithripala Sirisena at the Presidential Secretariat in February.
A Sri Lanka Air Force Bell 212 helicopter belonging to the No. 72 squadron has crashed into the Madhuru Oya reservoir this morning, Air FOrce Media Spokesman Eranda Geeganage said.
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In its first electoral test since taking power, the ruling National People’s Power (NPP) fell short of expectations, winning only around 40 % of the national vote in Tuesday’s local government election and falling short of enough seats to gain control of the majority of councils.
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