Sri Lanka, June 2 -- President Anura Kumara Dissanayake announced that the incumbent Secretary to the Ministry of Finance, Mahinda Siriwardena, will retire from his position at the end of this month.

Following his retirement, Siriwardena will assume duties as an Alternate Executive Director of the Asian Development Bank (ADB), representing Sri Lanka and six other countries.

The President made this announcement while addressing the inaugural event of National Tax Week, held this morning (June 2) at the Presidential Secretariat.

Commenting on Siriwardena's contributions, President Dissanayake stated:

"As he himself mentioned, Sri Lanka had become one of the lowest tax-collecting states in recent history-both locally and globally. Rebuil...