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Saturday, April 23, 2016

Six New Ambassadors And High Commissioners Handed over Their Credentials To President

Five New Ambassadors and Two High Commissioners were presented their credentials to President Maithripala Sirisena at the Presidential Secretariat in Colombo last Friday(23).

Accordingly new Ambassadors of Turkmenistan ,Uruguay ,Slovania,Hungary and Republic of Mali and High Commissioners of Malaysia And Mauritius handed over their credentials to President.

THOUGHT FROM THE WEB

Health Minister Has Instructed Health Ministry Secretary To Abolish All Acting Posts In The Ministry

The Minister Of Health,Nutrition And Indigenous Medicine Dr.Rajitha Senaratne has instructed the Health Ministry Secretary Anura Jayawikrama to abolish all the acting posts in the Ministry with immediate effect and fill the vacancies of Medical Administration Posts only through permanent appointments.

Accordingly 79 Acting Medical Administration Posts in the Health Ministry are being made permanent by the Authorities it has been reported.

The Ministry Of Health has also decided to advertise 16 Medical Administration Posts in newspapers in view of making permanent appointments to these posts.

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A 40 Member Sri Lankan Buddhist Delegation Arrived In Pakistan For A Religious Tour

Taxila

A 40 member Sri Lankan Buddhist Delegation including senior Sri Lankan Buddhist Monks and Scholars led by Sri Lanka's Parliamentary Speaker Karu Jayasuriya has yesterday(22) arrived in Pakistan for a week long religious tour.

The aim of this tour is to introducing the Pakistan's rich Buddhist History and reviving the heritage of Pakistan's 'Gandhara Trail" the commercial and cultural hub of UNESCO's world heritage site of "Taxila" according to reports.

During the visit the Sri Lankan Buddhist Delegation is due to visit places with some of the rarest historical Buddhist Holy Relics including Mardan,Swat,Takht-I -Bahi and Peshawar,Taxila and Lahore Museums.