President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has appointed W. P. Senadheera as the new Secretary to the Ministry of Buddhasasana, Religious and Cultural Affairs.

The official appointment letter was handed over to W. P. Senadheera by the Secretary to the President Dr. Nandika Sanath Kumanayake on Wednesday (05) at the Presidential Secretariat.

A discussion between President Anura Kumara Disanayake and officials of the Ceylon Electricity Board was held on Wednesday (05) at the Presidential Secretariat.

The President’s attention was drawn to maintaining an uninterrupted power supply as well as  the current and future prospects of the energy sector.

The meeting was attended by the Minister of Power Kumara Jayakody, Secretary to the Ministry of Power, Prof. K.T.M. Udayanga Hemapala, Secretary to the Ministry of Finance, Mahinda Siriwardana, Chairman of the Ceylon Electricity Board, Dr. Thilak Siyambalapitiya, and a group of CEB officials.

A meeting between President Anura Kumara Disanayake and officials of the Inland Revenue Department was held on Wednesday (05) at the Presidential Secretariat.

During the discussion, extensive attention was given to the strategies required to achieve the targeted revenue of the Inland Revenue Department for this year.

The President emphasized the necessity of a more intervention approach than the current mechanisms in place to recover uncollected revenue. The President also instructed officials to take necessary measures to ensure the full tax revenue owed to the Inland Revenue Department is collected.

The Minister of Labour and Deputy Minister of Economic Development, Dr. Anil Jayantha Fernando; the Secretary to the President, Dr. Nandika Sanath Kumanayake; the Secretary to the Ministry of Finance, Mahinda Siriwardana; the Senior Additional Secretary to the President, Russel Aponsu; Acting Commissioner General of the Inland Revenue Department, R.P.H. Fernando; and several other officials from the Inland Revenue Department participated in this discussion.