{"id":186323,"date":"2018-01-11T22:41:33","date_gmt":"2018-01-11T17:11:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=186323"},"modified":"2018-01-11T22:44:59","modified_gmt":"2018-01-11T17:14:59","slug":"srilankan-airlines-govt-spokesman-confirms-chairman-dias-appointment-was-big-mistake-ceo-ratwatte-also-out-by-25th-jan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/srilankan-airlines-govt-spokesman-confirms-chairman-dias-appointment-was-big-mistake-ceo-ratwatte-also-out-by-25th-jan\/","title":{"rendered":"SriLankan Airlines: Govt Spokesman Confirms Chairman Dias&#8217; Appointment Was Big Mistake &#8211; CEO Ratwatte Also Out By 25th Jan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Whilst addressing the media after the Cabinet Press Briefing earlier today Government Spokesman and Minister Rajitha Senaratne confirmed that CEO Suren Ratwatte will no longer be serving the airline after the 25th of January 2018.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_185792\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/suren-ratwatte-and-Ajith-Dias.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-185792\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-185792\" src=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/suren-ratwatte-and-Ajith-Dias-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/suren-ratwatte-and-Ajith-Dias-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/suren-ratwatte-and-Ajith-Dias-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/suren-ratwatte-and-Ajith-Dias.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-185792\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dias and Ratwatte<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The Spokesman also criticized <a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=SriLankan+airlines\">the national carrier<\/a>&#8216;s outgoing Chairman Ajith Dias by saying that his entry was one big mistake.<\/p>\n<p>Minister Senaratne provided these answers when a journalist posed the question as confusion still mounted if the existing Chairman Dias and his Board of Directors had officially resigned.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It is the new interim Committee that is converging for a meeting on the 25th of January 2018. 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