Former Prime Ministers, Ratnasiri Wickremanayake and D. M. Jayaratne were appointed as Senior Political Advisors to the President, Government Information department said.
President Maithripala Sirisena made these appointments today at Presidential Secretariat.
Mr. Ratnasiri Wickremanayake, who is currently a Member of Parliament served as the Prime Minister from August 2000 to December 2001, during the regime of the People’s Alliance Government and again from November 2005 to April 2010 during the United People’s Freedom Alliance (UPFA) Government.
Mr. D. M. Jayaratne, a veteran Politician with nearly three-decade experience in the field served as Prime Minister of Sri Lanka from April 2010 to January 2015. Mr. Jayaratne was first elected to parliament in 1970.
Secretary to the President P. B. Abeykoon was also presented in the occasion.
Customs have detected 228 mobile phones and tabs valued at over Rs 30 million left behind in the duty free shopping complex at the Banaranaike International Airport today, Customs officials said.
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