Ravi’s appointee Romesh removed from DLB top post

06 Sep, 2017

Romesh Jayawardene, who was appointed as chairman of the Development Lotteries Board by former Minister Ravi Karunanayake, has been removed from the post.

In a gazette notice, Minister of Finance and Mass Media Mangala Samaraweera, said that he is removing?Romesh Jayawardene from his post.

“By virtue of the powers vested in me by Section 5 of the Development Lotteries Board Act, No. 20 of 1997, I, Mangala?Samaraweera, Minister of Finance and Mass Media, do by this Order remove Mr. Romesh Jayawardene from the office of?Chairman/Director of the Development Lotteries Board,” the notice said.

Jayawardene was appointed to the post when?Karunanayake was Finance Minister and continued to remain in the post after?Karunanayake was made Foreign Minister. (Colombo Gazette)

Recommended For You

Sri Lanka does not support calls for the US to arrest Gotabaya

The?Sri Lankan Government dos not support calls for the United States to arrest former Defense Secretary Gotabaya Rajapakse. Minister of Public Enterprises Development Kabir Hashim said that any allegations raised against a Sri Lankan citizen over a domestic issue must be dealt with only under local laws. “We will not allow a domestic issue to be dealt with internationally owing to outside pressure, he said. In an appeal to US President Barack Obama last week, two major Tamil groups in the Un

24 Apr, 2016

India seeks land to build 2866 houses for estate families

India is seeking more land in Sri Lanka to build 2866 houses for families working in the estate sector in the country. The High Commissioner of India, Y. K. Sinha, and P. Thigambaram, Minister of Hill Country New Villages, Infrastructure and?Community Development jointly laid the foundation stone for the third phase of the Indian Housing Project at the Dunsinane estate today?in the presence of Mano Ganesan, Minister of National Co-existence, Dialogue and Official Languages and V.S. Radhakrishna

24 Apr, 2016

Sri Lanka’s envoy in Canada appointed as representative to ICAO

Sri Lanka’s High Commissioner in Canada, Ahmed Jawad, presented his letter of appointment as the representative of Sri Lanka to the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) in Montreal, at a meeting with Secretary General Fang Liu. During the ensuing discussion the High Commissioner briefed the Secretary General on the active role played by Sri Lanka as a member state, including preparations been made to host the 53rd conference of Directors General of Civil Aviation in the Asia Pacific

23 Apr, 2016

Colombo Gazette is a leading news and entertainment website, covering stories related to Sri Lanka. The content consists of text based news, photos and videos and is linked to social media websites including Facebook, Twitter and Instagram, to provide a wider coverage for its stories.