INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
The name of business tycoon Dhammika Perera has been gazetted as a Member of Parliament from Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP).The
Finance Minister Basil Rajapaksa.Thereby, the election body decided to publish the name of Dhammika Perera as a Member of Parliament from
consent to accept parliamentary membership.He has also stepped down from the board memberships of all his companies ahead of taking oaths as
a Member of Parliament.Earlier this week, sources told Ada Derana that Dhammika Perera is tipped to take up a ministerial portfolio related
to the investment sector after entering the parliament through the SLPP.Last night, a special gazette notification was published by
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, creating two new portfolios titled Minister of Technology and Investment Promotion and Minister of Women,
Child Affairs - Social Empowerment.A total of 15 departments, statutory institutions and public corporations including the Department of
Immigration and Emigration, Telecommunication Regulatory Commission of Sri Lanka (TRCSL), Department of Registration of Persons and Board of
Investment have been listed under the Ministry of Technology and Investment Promotion.
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