Engineer L. Kumudu Lal Bogahawatta has been appointed as the Secretary to the Ministry of Housing, Construction, and Water Supply.

The official appointment letter was handed over to him this morning (13) at the Presidential Secretariat by Presidential Secretary Nandika Sanath Kumaranayake.

At the time of this new appointment, Bogahawatta was serving as the Chairman of the Urban Development Authority.

This appointment follows the recent Cabinet reshuffle by the President, under which Susil Ranasinghe was appointed as the Minister of Housing, Construction, and Water Supply. (Newswire)

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The Ministry of Urban Development, Construction, and Housing has provided clarification on reports claiming that Polonnaruwa District MP and Deputy Minister of Housing T. B Sarath participated in a ceremony to open a toilet.

Issuing a statement, the Ministry pointed out that a local newspaper had also reported the same today (25 Mar), quoting opposition MP Dayasiri Jayasekera. 

Providing a clarification, the Housing Ministry said that the reports on social media were false and that the incident had occurred 05 years ago. 

“Together with some youth activists in the area, T. B Sarath had helped build a toilet for an economically affected family. No ceremony had been held in this instance, as it was done as charity. This incident had taken place before he was appointed as Deputy Minister,” the statement said. (Newswire)

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