The President has appointed Gen. H.S.H Kottegoda (Rtd) as the 6th Chancellor of the General Sir John Kotelwala Defence University for a period of five years with immediate effect.
H.S.H. Kottegoda served the army for more than 35 years and later he was appointed as the secretary for the Ministry of Defence in the year 2019.
General Gerard Hector de Silva (Rtd) was the past Chancellor (5th) of the University who was appointed by former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa in the year 2020.
Former Chairman of SriLankan Airlines, Nishantha Wickramasinghe, arrested on allegation of corruption by the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) has been remanded until July 1 by the Colombo Magistrate court.
Deputy Minister of Finance and Economic Stabilization and NPP National List MP Harshana Suriyapperuma who is tipped to be named the next Finance Ministry Secretary resigned from Parliament today.
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