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Heads to roll at Prez. Secretariat

report in The Sunday Morning, Dec 17, 2023Several key officials, including President’s Chief of Staff Sagala Ratnayaka, currently serving at the Presidential Secretariat, are set to be removed from their current positions to join President Ranil Wickremesinghe’s upcoming Presidential Election campaign, according to sources within the Presidential Secretariat. The names of the key officials to be appointed to fill the vacancies remain undisclosed. Changes in the President’s official staff are anticipated as the campaign gears…

Proposals, suggestions on 13A: SLPP, SJB, SLFP to submit, FPC & JVP-NPP to not

by Sahan Tennekoon in The Daily Morning, Aug 8, 2023Following a request to all political party leaders to submit their proposals and suggestions on the 13th Amendment to the Constitution by 15 August, the majority of political parties representing the Parliament are planning to submit their proposals to the Presidential Secretariat while some Opposition parties do not intend to do so, The Daily Morning has learnt. The ruling Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP), the main…

PM may skip UN meet to visit China

by Anil Giri in The Kathmandu Post,Aug 4, 2023US Ambassador Dean Thompson is learnt to have met Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal on Thursday. One of the envoy’s motives for the meeting was to confirm whether the prime minister would attend the upcoming 78th session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York, according to sources at the prime minister’s private secretariat. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has no information about the meeting. According…

OIC Secretariat Has ‘Grave Concerns’ on Afghan Female UN Workers Ban

By Fatema Adeeb in TOLOnews, April 07, 2023 at 8:17 PMThe General Secretariat of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) called on the interim Afghan government to revisit its decision regarding barring Afghan female staff of the UN agencies in Afghanistan from working. He also expressed “grave concerns” over the ban, saying that the new “edict will intensify the successive restrictive measures imposed on women and girls, including banning them from governmental organizations.” The ban…

CEC tells officials to start preparing for general election

report in Dhaka Tribune, Mar 31, 2023Chief Election Commissioner Kazi Habibul Awal on Thursday asked the Election Commission Secretariat to prepare early for organizing the 12th National Assembly elections. He directed the election officials to complete all the activities of the election as per the action plan. Addressing the officials, he said: “We will keep preparations so that we can hold elections on time according to the constitution.” Chief Election Commissioner Kazi Habibul Awal said…