The Cabinet of the Government of Sri Lanka has approved the appointment of Captain Daminda Rambukwella as the new Director General and Chief Executive Officer of the Civil Aviation Authority of Sri Lanka (CAASL).

The Cabinet of the Government of Sri Lanka has approved the appointment of Captain Daminda Rambukwella as the new Director General and Chief Executive Officer of the Civil Aviation Authority of Sri Lanka (CAASL).
The Consumer Affairs Authority (CAA) destroyed over 4.5 metric tons of expired dried fish and dates seized from three business premises in Wattala & Hendala, following successful prosecutions at the Welisara Magistrate’s Court.
The national program to introduce 100 new Young Inventor Clubs into the school system, organized by the Ministry of Science and Technology, was held on September 8 at the Auditorium of the Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo, under the patronage of Prime Minister Dr. Harini Amarasuriya and Minister of Science and Technology Prof. Chishantha Abeysena.
Showers or thundershowers will occur in most parts of the island after 1.00 p.m.
The Prime Minister Dr. Harini Amarasuriya met with the President of World Aquatics and Director General of the Olympic Council of Asia ,Captain Husain Al Musallam on September 8 at the Prime Minister's office.
Foreign Minister's Full statement at the 60th Human Right Council
The President’s Fund has planned to implement a scholarship programme to ensure the education of children in Sri Lanka whose parents working overseas have deceased, become disabled, gone missing, or faced other adversities.
In parallel with the Clean Sri Lanka initiative, the Kala Wewa Back to the Elephants project was successfully carried out over three days in the floodplains surrounding the Kala Wewa National Park.
Ambassador of Japan to Sri Lanka, H.E. Akio ISOMATA attended the handover ceremony of infectious waste management equipment at Trincomalee General Hospital, together with Dr. Nalinda Jayathissa, Minister of Health and Mass Media, Arun Hemachandra, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Employment, Roshan Akmeemana, Member of Parliament, Trincomalee District, and Mr. Kenji KURONUMA, Chief Representative of JICA Sri Lanka Office.
Showers or thundershowers may occur at several places in Northern, North-Central, Eastern, Central, Sabaragamuwa and Uva provinces and in Kurunegala and Hambantota districts after 1.00 p.m. Fairly heavy falls above 75 mm are likely at some places.
President Anura Kumara Dissanayake visited the historic Mahiyanganaya Raja Maha Vihara yesterday (06), to attend the 2025 Esala Perahera Festival of the temple and the Sri Sumana Saman Maha Devalaya, where he engaged in religious observances and received blessings.


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