Parliamentarians Tilak Marapana and DM Swaminathan have voluntarily expressed their willingness to opt out of obtaining a cabinet portfolio.
Meanwhile, MP Harsha de Silva on Tuesday said that MP Malik Samarawickrama had also agreed to not accepting a cabinet post.
In addition, MP Mano Ganesan had also taken to his Twitter handle and said that he along with MP Rishad Bathiudeen have also voluntarily decided to stay out of the cabinet.
The new cabinet is expected to be sworn in by 8:30 am at the Presidential Secretariat today (Dec 20)
A Sri Lankan man was apprehended at Suvarnabhumi airport for attempting to smuggle wildlife out of the country after three ball pythons were found hidden in his underwear, the Bangkok post reported.
The UK government has unveiled a package of reforms to simplify imports from developing countries which allows for more garments manufactured in Sri Lanka to enter the UK tariff-free.
Read these and more on tomorrow’s edition of the Sunday Times
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