President of Rotary International appointed SL's special ambassador: Ranil

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Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe announced yesterday that the government had decided to appoint the president of Rotary International, K. R Ravindran, as a special ambassador to attract foreign investment.

Speaking at a banquet of Rotary International last night, he said Ravindran would be responsible for bringing investments into Sri Lanka: “Bring in funds to the country and not for the political leaders, including me,” he told him.

Mr. Wickremesinghe also focused on what seemed an appropriate topic -- that of consulting astrologers to fix dates for elections. He said one should not consult an astrologer, but rather see to it that one's opponent chooses a bad one.

He said Sir John Kotelawala, when he was prime minister, had hired an astrologer to fix a date for the general elections of 1956 and lost. He said Mrs. Sirimavo Bandaranaike had also consulted astrologers when fixing dates for elections, and then lost. (Yohan Perera)

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kan Monday, 14 December 2015 12:39 PM

Good Choice, no doubt.

Mason Monday, 14 December 2015 01:20 PM

People have already started consulting astrologers on your behalf that you may lose.

Mathinia Tuesday, 15 December 2015 05:02 PM

Mathi

BuffaloaCitizen Monday, 14 December 2015 09:33 AM

But then you have always been a loser despite not following astrology.

man Monday, 14 December 2015 09:52 AM

even now you are hanging on a thread .so consult astrology

Pramod Fernando Monday, 14 December 2015 11:43 AM

Ever since your government came to power we are going after astrologers.

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