NewsParliamentarian Duminda Dissanayake has been appointed as the Treasurer of the United People's Freedom Alliance (UPFA). This decision had been taken during a meeting between the Executive Committees of the UPFA and the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna chaired by Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) leader President Maithripala Sirisena. Dissanayake is already serving as the national organiser of the SLFP which is a constituent party of the UPFA. Parliamentarian Anura Priyadarshana Yapa had been serving in the post of UPFA Treasurer prior to the latest appointment.

Source: Sunday Times October 21, 2019 01:30 UTC