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Ranil takes over institutions allocated to Dhammika

14 Jul, 2022

Acting President Ranil Wickremesinghe has taken over the institutions allocated to the Ministry of Investment Promotion which was under Dhammika Perera.

Wickremesinghe, who is also the Prime Minister, has issued an Extraordinary Gazette notice bringing the institutions which were allocated to the Ministry of Investment Promotion, under the Ministry of Defence.

Accordingly, Rakna Arakshaka Lanka, which was transferred out of the Ministry of Defence and brought under the Ministry of Investment Promotion by former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, has been brought back under the Ministry of Defence.

The Board of Investment of Sri Lanka, Colombo Port City Economic Commission, Projects related to Colombo Port City, Department of Immigration and Emigration, Colombo Lotus Tower Management Company (Pvt.) Limited, Techno Park Development Company (Pvt.) Limited and Information Technology Parks which were also under the Minister of Investment Promotion, have now been taken under the Ministry of Defence.

Soon after taking office as the Minister of Investment Promotion, Dhammika Perera had called for the resignation of Wickremesinghe as the Minister of Finance.

Perera later resigned from his Ministry.?(Colombo Gazette)

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