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S.B, Douglas among new District Coordinating Committee chairpersons

12 Aug, 2020

New District Coordinating Committee chairpersons were appointed by President Gotabaya Rajapaksa today.

Newly elected Parliamentarians S.B Dissanayake, Douglas Devananda and Angajan Ramanathan were among the new District Coordinating Committee chairpersons appointed.

The new District Coordinating Committee chairpersons were sworn-in at the Magul Maduwa (Audience Hall) in Kandy. (Colombo Gazette)

District Coordinating Committee Chairmen:

Pradeep Udugoda ? Colombo

Sahan Pradeep Vithana ? Gampaha

Sanjeewa Edirimanna ? Kalutara

Wasantha Yapa Bandara – Kandy

N. Nalaka Bandara Kottegoda ? Matale

S.B. Dissanayake ? Nuwara Eliya

Sampath Athukorala ? Galle

Nipuna Ranawaka – Matara

Upul Galappaththi – Hambantota

Angajan Ramanathan – Jaffna

Douglas Devananda – Kilinochchi

K. Dileepa ? Vavuniya

K. Kader Masthan – Mannar and Mullaitivu

D. Weerasinghe ? Ampara

Kapila Athukorala – Trincomalee

Gunapala Rathnasekara – Kurunegala

Ashoka Priyantha ? Puttalam

H. Nandasena – Anuradhapura

Amarakeerthi Athukorala ? Polonnaruwa

Sudarshana Denipitiya ? Badulla

Kumarasiri Rathnayaka ? Monaragala

Akila Ellawala ? Ratnapura

Rajika Wickramasinghe ? Kegalla

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