President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has appointed Eng. Asiri Karunawardena as the new Secretary to the Ministry of Transport, Highways and Urban Development.   

The letter of appointment was presented to him by the Secretary to the President, Nandika Sanath Kumanayake, at the Presidential Secretariat today (22).

Prior to this appointment, Asiri Karunawardena served as the Director General of the National Building Research Organisation (NBRO). (Newswire)

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President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has appointed G.M.R.D. Aponsu as the new Secretary to the Ministry of Energy. 

The letter of appointment was officially handed over this afternoon (17) at the Presidential Secretariat by Presidential Secretary Dr. Nandika Sanath Kumanayake.

Aponsu, a senior officer of the Sri Lanka Planning Service (SLPS), replaces Professor Udayanga Hemapala, who tendered his resignation earlier today. 

Aponsu previously served as Senior Additional Secretary to the President on Finance and Economic Affairs. He brings extensive experience in national planning, state financial management, macroeconomic forecasting, development financing, financial analysis, tax policy, and higher education planning.

During his tenure at the Presidential Secretariat, he headed the Finance and Economic Affairs Division, providing strategic policy guidance on economic governance and national development priorities.

Educated at Lunawa Roman Catholic School, Moratuwa Uyana Primary School, B/Kappetipola Maha Vidyalaya, and St. Joseph’s College, Bandarawela, Aponsu holds a Bachelor of Science (Special) degree in Physics from the University of Ruhuna (1994). He also earned postgraduate qualifications in Atmospheric Physics from the University of Colombo, Economics from the Australian National University, and Development Studies from IDEAS in Japan.

His career includes service at the Department of National Planning, the Department of National Budget, the Department of Inland Revenue, and the Ministry of Education. He has also lectured in Physics at the University of Ruhuna, served as an external lecturer and senior consultant in Planning and Development Economics at SLIDA, and taught Project Management in postgraduate programmes at the University of Colombo’s Institute of Human Resource Advancement (IHRA).

With his appointment, Aponsu is expected to strengthen policy direction at the Ministry of Energy and contribute to advancing national development priorities. (Newswire)

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The government has appointed new secretaries to the Ministry of Ports and Civil Aviation and the Ministry of Women and Child Affairs.

W.W.S. Mangala, a Special Grade Officer of the Sri Lanka Planning Service, has been appointed as the Secretary to the Ministry of Ports and Civil Aviation. 

Mangala previously served as the Director General of Planning (Disaster Management) at the Ministry of Defence.

Meanwhile, W.M.D.T. Wickramasinghe, a Special Grade Officer of the Sri Lanka Administrative Service, has been appointed as the Secretary to the Ministry of Women and Child Affairs.

Wickramasinghe previously served as the Additional Secretary to the Ministry of Plantation and Community Infrastructure.

Their letters of appointment were handed over to the newly appointed Secretaries by the Secretary to the President, Nandika Sanath Kumanayake, at the Presidential Secretariat today (15). (Newswire)

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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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Dr. Anil Jasinghe has been appointed as the new Secretary to the Ministry of Health and Media.

According to the President’s Media Division (PMD, the appointment was made by President Anura Kumara Dissanayake.

The official letter of appointment was handed over to Dr. Jasinghe by the Secretary to the President Dr. Nandika Sanath Kumanayake at the Presidential Secretariat today. (Newswire)

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Attorney-at-Law M.A.L.S. Manthrinayake has been appointed Secretary to the Ministry of Fisheries, Aquatic, and Ocean Resources.

According to the President’s Media Division (PMD), the appointment was made by President Anura Kumara Dissanayake. 

Secretary to the President Dr. Nandika Sanath Kumanayake handed over the appointment letter to Manthrinayake at the Presidential Secretariat today. (Newswire)

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President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has appointed two secretaries to the Ministries of Justice and National Integration, and Rural Development, Social Security, and Community Empowerment.

According to the President’s Media Division (PMD), President’s Counsel Ayesha Jinasena has been appointed the Secretary to the Ministry of Justice and National Integration.

Malarmathi Gangadaran has been appointed the Secretary to the Ministry of Rural Development, Social Security, and Community Empowerment.

The appointment letters were handed over by President’s Secretary Dr. Nandika Sanath Kumanayake at the Presidential Secretariat today. (Newswire)

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