The Ministry of Digital Infrastructure and the Ministry of Science, Research and Technology have been brought under non-cabinet ministers Sujeewa Senasinghe and Ajith Perera respectively.
The ministries were transferred after Ministers Harin Fernando and Malik Samarawickrama opted out of the portfolios of Digital Infrastructure and Science, Research and Technology Ministries from their purview.
According to extra-ordinary gazette no. 2103/12 - 2018, Ministers Fernando and Samarawickrama were re-sworn before President Maithripala Sirisena with the exclusion of these ministries.
Following this move, Ministers Senasinghe and Perera took oaths before President Maithripala Sirisena with the divested ministries brought under their purview.
Therefore, Mr. Fernando now serves as the Minister of Telecommunication, Foreign Employment and Sports while Mr. Samarawickrama serves as the Minister of Development Strategies and International Trade.
A Sri Lankan wanted for financial frauds and under a red notice was arrested at the Bandaranaike International Airport along with his wife and child as they were returning from India, Police said.
Mr. Gihan de Silva has been appointed as the new Chairman of the Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation, the Government Information Department announced.
The Government is considering abolishing the Office of the Chief of the Defence Staff (OCDS) when the term of office of its incumbent General Shavendra Silva ends on December 31.
The Bribery Commission has apprehended former Provincial Councillor and businessman Salochana Gamage, along with another businessman, in Pitakotte over a Rs. 9 million bribery case.
New commanders have been appointed to the Sri Lanka Army and Sri Lanka Navy.
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