Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Wednesday met Sri Lanka Parliament Speaker Jagath Wickramaratne on the sidelines of the 28th Conference of Speakers and Presiding Officers of the Commonwealth (CSPOC).
Former speedster Pramodya Wickramasinghe will head Sri Lanka's new national selection committee, including both men's and women's senior squads, according to ESPNcricinfo on Tuesday.
Former Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe on Tuesday was granted bail after being named a suspect in an ongoing investigation into the alleged misuse of public funds for a private overseas trip involving ten individuals, Daily Mirror Online reported.
Former Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe will not be able to appear in court on Tuesday due to ill-health, Daily Mirror Sri Lanka reported, citing hospital sources.
Ranil Wickremesinghe was arrested on Friday on allegations of state funds' misuse to cover the expenses for a private visit to London, where he had attended a university graduation ceremony.
Narayan said that Wickremesinghe was arrested as a means for Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake to show that he was a powerful person who was capable of doing it.
"I expect to have much closer relations, and that we've been talking of many connectivity projects, other projects that we can now start actually agreeing and implementing it. We have to operationalise the agreement. I hope that will be the case when Prime Minister Modi is here," Wickreme
Jayantha Dharmadasa and Ravin Wickramaratne have been re-elected as vice-president, while Sujeewa Godaliyadda, Chryshantha Kapuwatte, and Lasantha Wickremasinghe will continue as treasurer, assistant secretary, and assistant treasurer, respectively.