COLOMBO, April 17 (Xinhua) -- Sri Lanka's Minister of Energy Kumara Jayakody and Secretary of the Ministry of Energy Udayanga Hemapala resigned Friday afternoon, the President's Media Division (PMD) said.
They have resigned to allow an impartial and independent investigation by the newly appointed Special Presidential Commission of Inquiry into coal imports and related electricity generation processes, the PMD said in a statement.
The two have been accused by opposition parties of being involved in recent substandard coal imports to the country.
Earlier, President Anura Kumara Dissanayake appointed the presidential commission to investigate alleged irregularities in Sri Lanka's coal imports and coal-based power generation up to April 16, 2026. ■
