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Twenty Nine Foreign Ambassadors And Thirty Seven Councilors To Be Appointed For The Foreign Service

The Foreign Affairs Ministry has now working to finalize the suitable officers to be appointed as new Foreign Ambassadors and Councilors the government sources said..According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs twenty nine ambassadors and thirty seven councilors are to be appointed for the foreign service  soon.

The relevant recommendations have been already presented to the President Maithripala Sirisena for his approval and after receiving his approval they will be submitted to the high post committee of the Parliament for it's approval.

Almost all the political appointees served in as ambassadors and councilors in several foreign countries who were appointed by the previous regime have been recalled to the country recently/

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Procurement Manageress Of Lanka Sathosa Limited Has Been Suspended From Her Work For Importing Non Essential Commodities

The Procurement Manageress attached to the Lanka Sathosa (Corporative Wholesale Establishment) Limited has been suspended from her work and given a charge sheet for importing non essential commodities worth Millions of Rupees during the previous government the Sathosa sources have said.

Another stock of non essential commodities worth Rs.304 million have been found last week dumped inside  warehouses of Sathosa outlets situated  Island Wide.These commodities including Baby Pampers ,Expensive cosmetics,Soap ,Shaving Blades,Umbrellas,Kithul Treacle;Baby Swipes,Costly Brand imported toothpastes,Green Tea Sachets and ,Imported Confectionery Items have been expired when recovered  it has been reported.

 Two weeks ago Another  large stock of non essential commodities worth Rs.650 million have been recovered by the special investigations unit officers of the Lanka Sathosa Limited when dumped inside a Sathosa Ware house in Colombo .

Sathosa has been established with the aim of providing essential food commodities like Rice,Dhal,Green Gram,Dried Fish ,Canned Tin Fish ,Sprats ,Local Milk Powders and other dry rations for the people for an affordable prices.

Nurses-PSM'S And Paramedics Numbering 45,000 Are Due To Launch An Island Wide Strike On Thursday(12)

The Government Hospital Nurses along with sixteen other health categories belongs to Professions Supplementary To Medicine(PSM'S) and Para Medical Services are scheduled to be launched an Island Wide token Strike on this Thursday(12) by demanding Rs.15,000 monthly Disturbance,Availability and Transport (DAT) allowance for their professions according to the Joint Confederation Of Nurses-PSM'S and Paramedicals .

As the talks held between the confederation officials and the secretaries of the Ministries Of Public Administration,Finance and Health on last Friday have ended without a solution the Confederation has decided to go with the scheduled strike action from 8 a.m on this Thursday to 8 a.m on Friday the 13th the Joint Convener of the Joint Confederation Of Nurses-PSM'S and Paramedicals Saman Jayasekera has said.

Around 45,000 officers belongs to these professions are due to participate this strike and the emergency services of the state hospitals will be maintained as usual during the strike period he has stressed.

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Draft Bill On Constitutional Reforms To Be Presented To The Parliament By Next Week

The draft bill on proposed Constitutional Reforms including the amendments to the powers of Executive Presidency is scheduled to be presented to the Parliament by next week government source have said.Prior to it's presentation to the Parliament The All Party Committee On Constitutional Reforms has yesterday meet to discuss the present status of the new legislation.

The Draft Bill is due to be refer to the Supreme Court to determine whether it should be approved by the people in a Referendum before being taken up  in the Parliament.The Legal Draftsman Department has already put the proposed amendments in a legal format.