State

New State Ministers and Deputy Ministers took oaths before President Gotabaya Rajapaksa today.

Power and Energy Minister Mahinda Amaraweera said today that the Ministry was expecting to revoke the fuel pricing formula in the future.

Foreign Minister Dinesh Gunawardene yesterday said that steps would be taken to review and withdraw the resolutions and agreements submitted at the UN Human Rights Council which would undermine the country’s independence and sovereignty. The Minister was addressing the media after assuming duties at his Ministry yesterday morning.

The swearing-in of State and Deputy Ministers of the Interim Government will be held at the Presidential Secretariat today.

Sri Lanka Tri forces asset management is to be streamlined following recent revelation of government audit report. Measures will be taken to arrest short comings under the new administration, official sources said.

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa yesterday said he would renegotiate the Hambantota Port lease agreement, terming it a “mistake” and calling on the Chinese company to be open to the move while assuring that he remained committed to strong relations with the global superpower.

Speaker Karu Jayasuriya is likely to continue in his post until the next General Election, Government sources said yesterday.

කැබිනට් අමාත්‍යවරුන්ට රඳවා ගත හැකි උපදේශකවරුන්ගේ සංඛ්‍යාව සීමා කිරීමට ජනාධිපති ගෝඨාභය රාජපක්ෂ මහතා තීරණය කර තිබෙනවා.

19 වන ආණ්ඩුක්‍රම ව්‍යවස්ථා සංශෝධනය සහ ස්වාධීන කොමිෂන් සභා නිසා කිසිම වැඩක් කිරීමට නොහැකි තත්වයක් උද්ගත වී ඇති බව ජනාධිපති ගෝඨාභය රාජපක්ෂ මහතා පවසයි.

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa is reported to have instructed his ministers to review all agreements signed during the UNF government and renegotiate them if they violate the constitution

නව භාරකාර රජයේ පළමු කැබිනට් රැස්වීම බදාදා පැවැත්වෙන බව නිවේදනය කර තිබේ.

රාජ්‍ය ආයතනවල ප්‍රධානීන් අධ්‍යක්ෂක මණ්ඩල සාමාජිකයන් තෝරා ගැනීම සඳහා විශේෂ කමිටුවක් ජනාධිපතිවරයා විසින් පත්කර තිබෙනවා. එම කමිටුව සාමාජිකයන් සිව් දෙනෙකුගෙන් සමන්විත වේ.

Loan schemes with preferential interest rates such as Enterprise Sri Lanka will be reevaluated and restructured to align with prioritised growth sectors and policy objectives by the new administration, the Finance and Economic Affairs Policy Development Ministry said yesterday.

සද්භාවයෙන් කරන ක්‍රියාවන් සඳහා රජයේ නිලධාරීන් පොලිස් මූල්‍ය අපරාධ කොට්ඨාශය හමුවට පැමිණවීමට නොහැකිවන පරිද්දෙන් පාර්ලිමේන්තු පනතක් සම්මත කර ඔවුන්ට ආරක්ෂාව සලසන බව අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මහතා පවසයි.

Central Bank Governor Dr. Indrajit Coomaraswamy has reportedly tendered his resignation on November 2 stating personal reasons, sources said.

Veteran journalist Mohan Samaranayake has been appointed as President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s media director-general, the President’s Media Division said.

The first Cabinet meeting of the new interim government will be held tomorrow under the auspices of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa.

The Police Headquarters has focussed its attention on investigating the over 6000 police personnel attached to the Presidential Security Division (PSD), Ministerial Security Division (MSD) and other VIP security units who have been enjoying all privileges, it is reported.