Development Lotteries Board Chairman Romesh Jayawardena has been removed from his post by Finance Minister Mangala Samaraweera.
Minister Samaraweera, through the Extraordinary Gazette Notice No. 2035/2 issued on August 31 and published on Monday, exercised his powers vested in Section 5 of the Development Lotteries Board Act No. 20 of 1997 to remove Jayawardena from his post.