Nine Cabinet Ministers and a State Minister took oaths today in their new portfolios before President Maithripala Sirisena at the Presidential Secretariat.
Ministers
Mangala Samaraweera- Minister of Finance & Mass Media
Ravi Karunanayake – Minister of Foreign Affairs
SB Dissanayake – Minister of Social Empowerment, Welfare & Kandyan Heritage
WDJ Seneviratne – Minister of Labour, Trade Union Relations & Sabaragamu Development
Mahinda Samarasinghe – Minister of Ports & Shipping
Gayantha Karunatilake – Minister of Lands & Parliamentary Reforms
Arjuna Ranatunga – Minister of Petroleum Resources Development
Chandima Weerakkody – Minister of Skills Development & Vocational Training
Thilak Marapana – Minister of Development Assignments
State Minister
Mahinda Amaraweera – State Minister of Mahaweli Development
Popular grade five tuition teacher, Hayeshika Fernando wanted over assaulting a 21 year old youth was granted bail today after she surrendered to courts.
A British national had been arrested over attempting to smuggle in the largest haul of kush( drugs) from Thailand, customs said.
First Bishop of the Batticaloa Diocese, Retired Bishop Joseph Ponnaiya, passed away today at the age of 74, following a brief illness.
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