Sumith Lal Mendis, a Provincial Council member, has been appointed as the Minister of Health, Indigenous Medicine, Social Welfare, Probationary, Child Protection and Women Affairs of the Western Province, President Secretariat said.
After taking oaths at the Presidential Secretariat yesterday, he accepted the Letter of Appointment from President Maithripala Sirisena. Mr. Mendis has been a Member of Western Provincial Council since1999. He is also an SLFP organizer of Kalutara District. Governor of Western Province K. C. Logeshwaran and the Chief Minister of the Western Province Isura Dewapriya also were present at this occasion.
The Committee on High Posts has approved the nomination of Former Air Force Commander Air Chief Marshal (Retd.)
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.
A Sri Lankan man was apprehended at Suvarnabhumi airport for attempting to smuggle wildlife out of the country after three ball pythons were found hidden in his underwear, the Bangkok post reported.
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