The Tamil National Alliance (TNA) Parliamentary Group has decided to hand over the post of Opposition Whip to the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP), a statement from the TNA said. “Accordingly, Leader of the Opposition and TNA Leader Hon. R. Sampanthan proposed to the Speaker that JVP MP Hon. Anura Kumara Dissanayake be appointed as Opposition Whip. The TNA Parliamentary Group also decided that in the absence of Hon. Sampanthan, President of the Ilankai Thamil Arasu Kadchi (ITAK) Hon. Mavai Senathirajah would act as Leader of the Opposition.”
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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