Northern Provincial (NP) Councillors Ananthi Sasitharan and K. Sarveswaran took oaths as temporary Northern Provincial Ministers before Governor Reginald Cooray this morning.
Accordingly Ananthi Sasitharan took oaths as the Cooperative, Social Services and Women Affairs, Rehabilitation, Food Supply and Distribution, Industrial and Skills Development Minister while K. Sarveswaran took oaths as the Education, Cultural Affairs, Sports and Youth Affairs Minister.
The Chief Minister office said the two new appointments are on a temporary basis of three months until a select committee finalised individuals for the posts after consulting ruling parties in the council.
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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