PM assumes duties as Finance Minister with signature on new Rs. 5K currency note

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Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa yesterday assumed duties as the Finance Minister. State Minister of Finance and Capital Markets and Public Enterprise Reform Ajith Nivard Cabraal, State Minister of Samurdhi, Microfinance, Self-Employment and Business Development Shehan Semasinghe, Education Minister Prof. G.L. Peiris, Highways Minister Johnston Fernando, Central Bank Governor Prof. W.D. Lakshman, Secretary to the President Dr. P.B. Jayasundera, Secretary to the Prime Minister Gamini Senerath, Finance Ministry Secretary S.R. Attygalle and well-wishers attended the ceremony. The new Finance Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa also received a Rs. 5,000 currency note containing his signature from the Central Bank Governor Prof. Lakshman – Pic by Sameera Wijesinghe