President reconstitutes Boards of Lanka Logistics, Rakna Lanka

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President Maithripala Sirisena has appointed new chairpersons and director boards to State-owned institutions Lanka Logistics & Technologies Ltd., Rakna Arakshaka Lanka Ltd. (RALL) and Ranaviru Seva Authority. The new officials have received their appointment letters from the President. Asanka Dodawela was appointed as the new Chairman of the Lanka Logistics & Technologies Ltd., which is fully-owned by the Government and under the purview of the Ministry of Defence. Udaya Abeysekera, Asela Iddawela, Ruben Wickremarachchi, and Sashimal Dissanayake were appointed as the members of the new Director Board. The company facilitates procurement of restricted and strategically-important military equipment and services for the Sri Lanka armed forces, Police and other State-owned institutions, directly from foreign state-owned organisations/manufacturers. Victor Samaraweera was appointed as Chairman of Rakna Arakshaka Lanka Ltd. (RALL), a Government-owned business undertaking in collaboration with the Ministry of Defence to provide top notch security services to fully address the security needs of the commercial sector. Jayantha Dhanapala, A.A. Wickremasinghe, Dharmasena Haputhanthri and Sarath Jayathilaka were appointed to the Director Board of Rakna Arakshaka Lanka. P.P. Nilmini Perera, W.P. Nimal Fernando, and Sirimal V. Silva received appointments to the Director Board of the Ranaviru Seva Authority. Secretary to the President P.B. Abeykoon and Secretary to the Defence Ministry B.M.U.D. Basnayake participated in the occasion.