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.
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The Constitutional Council has approved four nominees, proposed by the President, to fill vacancies in the Court of Appeal.
The Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) will reduce fuel prices with effect from midnight today.
Dr. Nandalal Weerasinghe, Governor of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka, has cautioned that reversing the current economic programme could lead to a resurgence of the severe economic and social crisis Sri Lanka endured nearly two years ago.
President Ranil Wickremesinghe today inaugurated the open cycle phase of the “Sobadhanavi” 350 MW Combined Cycle Power Plant in Kerawalapitiya, the President’s Media Division (PMD) said.
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