The Presidential Secretariat has issued two Extraordinary Gazettes ratifying the appointment of Ranil Wickremesinghe as the new Prime Minister and confirming the resignation of Mahinda Rajapaksa from the post of PM.
The Gazette 2101/40, confirms the appointment of Ranil Wickremesinghe as the country’s Prime Minister effective from Dec 16.
Gazette 2101/ 39 confirm Mr Rajapaksaś resignation.
Both gazettes have been signed by Secretary to the President, Udaya R Seneviratne.
My memory takes me back to 1979, to a moment etched in time when a strikingly tall and impeccably dressed military officer, a Master in charge of Cadeting at Prince of Wales College commanding a guard of honour presented to President J.R. Jayawardene by the cadets of 3CCC, consisted of Ananda, Nalanda and Prince of Wales Cadet platoons at the Prince of Wales College grounds.
An American national, who had been staying in Sri Lanka for nearly ten months without a valid visa while using a Sinhala name under his American passport, was arrested by the Tourist Police of the Kandy.
Former Member of Parliament J.R.P. Suriyapperuma passed away today, January 2, 2025, at the age of 96.
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