INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
The Committee on High Posts has approved the appointment of former Foreign Minister Rohitha Bogollagama as the High Commissioner of Sri
Lanka to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.He had served as the Cabinet Minister of Foreign Affairs from 28 January
2007 until he was defeated in the General Elections held on 8 April 2010, losing his seat in parliament.Bogollagama also briefly served as
the Governor of the Eastern Province from July 2017 to December 2018.Further, the High Posts Committee also approved the following
chairmanship of Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena
Ministers Nimal Siripala de Silva and Vidura Wickramanayake, MPs John Seneviratne, Anura Priyadarshana Yapa, Rishad Bathiudeen and Udaya
Gammanpila were present at this committee meeting.
