ELEPHANT PROCESSION

Former Army Commander General Fonseka Has Promoted To The Rank Of Field Marshal

The Former Army Commander General Sarath Fonseks has been  promoted to the rank of Field Marshal Post by the President Maithripala Sirisena at a function held at the Army Headquarters this evening,General Fonseka who has lead  the army for  crushing  LTTE Terrorism from  the country has become the first ever military leader  recipient of this rank 

Main Opposition Party Joined The Government-11 New Cabinet Ministers Appointed

Presidential Secretariet

To mark the joining of the main opposition Party Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) to the government ,President Maithripala Sirisena had appointed 11 new Cabinet Ministers,05 State Ministers and 10 Deputy Ministers from the Parliamentarians representing SLFP this evening.The new Ministers were sworn in before the President at the Presidential Secretariat.

MP'S Felix Perera,A.H.M Fowzie,S.B Nawinne,Reginold Coorey,Wijith Wijithamuni Soyza,Mahinda Amaraweera,Janaka Bandara Tennakoon,Piyasena Gamage,Sarath Amunugama,Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena, and S.B Dissanayake have been appointed as New Cabinet Ministers.

MP'S Pavithra Wanniarachchi,Jeewan kumaratunge,Mahinda Samarasinhe,C.B Ratnayake and Dilan Perera were sworn in as the new State Ministers and MP'S Lalith Dissanayake Lakshman Yapa Abeywardena,Lakshman Seneviratne,Dayasritha Thissera,Tissa Karaliyadde ,Ranjith Siyambalapitiye,Sudarashani Fernandopulle,Shantha Bandara ,Jagath Pushpakumare
and Lasantha Alagiyawanne were sworn in as new Deputy Ministers.

Earlier today the Main Opposition Party SLFP lead by President Sirisena has decided to join the government.

From Words Of Wisdom

Sri Lankan Government Requested Indian Assistance To Trace US Dollars 2 Billion Allegedly Deposited In Dubai Based Bank By The Former President

Sri Lankan Government has requested India's Assistance in tracing US Dollars Two Billion said to be allegedly steeled and deposited in Three Accounts of National Bank In Dubai by the former President Mahinda Rajapakshe and his family according to government sources.

According to the Sri Lankan Government One family member of the former President has allegedly deposited US Dollars 1.064 Billion in one of the accounts while another two persons had deposited US Dollars 500 million each in another two separate accounts.The government approached United States also to assist on the investigations conducting to trace this huge amount of money.

THOUGHT OF THE DAY FROM INSPIRATIONAL QUOTES

CWE Authorities Have Recovered Unsold Non Essential Items Worth Rs.35 Million From The Outlets

The authorities of  the Co-operative Wholesale Establishment(CWE) now  known as Lanka Sathosa Limited have recovered non essential consumer goods worth around Rs.35 million  that distributed  to it's outlets island wide and stored  during  the previous government.These items including Toilet Cleaning Liquids,Germ Killing Soaps and Mosquito Coils found  as  non selling items which even not in the consumer goods list of the CWE ,officials have said.

According to the CWE Sources among the stock of non essential items found in CWE Stores there were 60,000 bottles of Harpic Liquid,33,000 bottles of Lysole,Dettol Soaps numbering 150,000,15,000 Bottles of Dettol Liquid ,24,000 Mosquito Coils and 7000 bottles of Mosquito Spray.There were a Bundle Pack promo of 1 Harpic ,1 Mortein and 1 Lysole coupled with one Kilo Gramme of Sugar of around 12,000 nos had been sold to CWE last year but failed to sold majority of them it has been revealed,The Promo Packs coupled with Sugar have been priced as Rs.560 per pack but only able to sold 400 upto date  out of the 12,000 nos bought by CWE ,the
sources have  added.