Former model and artist Kaushi Wedikkara Arachchi has been appointed as a coordinating secretary to Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa.
Kaushi Wedikkara served as an announcer at a leading radio channel.
She received her appointment letter as the PM's Coordinating Secretary yesterday.
Her appointment comes following assurances made by the government last year that those who receive positions in the government would have to posses the necessary qualifications.
(Daily Mirror)