Secretary-General of Parliament Dhammika Dasanayake said that four Ministry Secretaries, a Chairman to an institution and an Ambassador were granted approval by the Committee on High Posts recently (22).
Accordingly, the appointment of Udaya Indrarathna was approved as the Ambassador of Sri Lanka to the United Arab Emirates by the Committee on High Posts.
Furthermore, W. A. Chulananda Perera as the Secretary to the Ministry of Tourism and Lands, Aruni Wijewardane as the Secretary to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, J.M.T. Jayasundara as the Secretary to the Ministry of Industries and N. D. Gunawardene as the Secretary to the Ministry of Technology received the approval of the Committee on High Posts. Moreover, the appointments of K. A. Wimal Rupasinghe as the National Paper Company Limited Chairman and Kanchana Ratwatte as the Chairman of the Bank of Ceylon were also approved.
The Committee on High Posts met in Parliament recently under the chairmanship of the Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardana.
Ministers Nimal Siripala de Silva, Keheliya Rambukwella, Vidura Wickramanayaka, Members of Parliament Chamal Rajapaksa, John Seneviratne, Thalatha Athukorala, (Dr.) Sudarshini Fernandopulle, Rishad Bathiudeen, Udaya Gammanpila and Dharmalingam Siddarthan were present at the meeting.