Transport, Highways Ministry gets new Secretary

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President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has appointed Eng. Dr. Asiri Karunawardena as the new Transport, Highways and Urban Development Ministry Secretary, the President’s Media Division said.

The letter of appointment was presented to him yesterday at the Presidential Secretariat by the Secretary to the President Dr. Nandika Sanath Kumanayake.

Prior to this appointment, Dr. Karunawardena served as the Director General of the National Building Research Organisation (NBRO).