Maldivian President Abdulla Yameen today appointed the Finance Minister of his cabinet Abdulla Jihad as the Vice President following the removal of Vice Presidency post last year, President's Office said.
He took his oath of office at the President’s Office at a ceremony held this afternoon. The oath of office was administered by the Chief Justice, Hon. Uz. Abdulla Saeed.
Former Finance Minister Abdulla Jihad was appointed to the cabinet in March 2012 soon after President Mohamed Nasheed was ousted on February 2012, then Vice President Dr Mohamed Waheed took over the government. Vice Presidency post has been vacant after Ahmed Adeeb was removed from his position through the parliament in November 2015.
Public Security Minister Ananda Wijepala told Parliament today that the suspect in the rape of a lady doctor at the Anuradhapura teaching hospital has been identified as an army deserter and he will be apprehended shortly.
Police have arrested the suspect connected to the sexual assault on a female doctor at the Anuradhapura Teaching Hospital today morning in Galnewa.
The Dutch Public Prosecutor suspects two companies of paying bribes in the construction of hospitals in Sri Lanka, according to an investigation by FD, the Dutch financial newspaper.
The Government today tabled in the House the Report of the Commission to Inquiry into the Establishment and Maintenance of Unlawful Places of Detention and Torture Chambers in the Batalanda Housing Scheme.
Former President Ranil Wickremesinghe said today he wholly rejects the Batalanda Commission report and that it was appointed wholly with the intention slinging political mud at him.
Leader of the National People’s Party (NPP) and one time Propaganda Secretary of the JVP Wimal Weerawansa accused the Government of bringing back the “Batalanda Commission” for a media spectacle instead of a genuine concern for those who suffered during the 1988-1990 period.
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