Nihal Fonseka back as Monetary Board member

COLOMBO (News 1st); The Parliamentary Council has decided to concur with the recommendation to appoint Fonseka as a member of the Monetary Board of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka, The Secretary General of Parliament Mr. Dhammika Dassanayake said.

The decision was taken at a meeting of Parliamentary Council chaired by the Speaker Hon. Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena yesterday (26).

The Prime Minister, Ranil Wickremesinghe, Minister of Fisheries Hon. Douglas Devananda and Opposition Member of Parliament Hon. Kabir Hashim were also present at the meeting.

Meanwhile, Secretary General Dhammika Dasanayake added that the Council also recommended the re-appointments of Ms. Dharani Shirantha Wijayatilake, Mr. Jayanta M. Swaminathan, Mr. A. A. Mohamed Fathihu and Ms. Sellathamby Sumithra as members of the Office for Reparations.