President Maithripala Sirisena today effected a Cabinet reshuffle with a second installment to follow in two weeks.
Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe was sworn in as the Cabinet Minister of Law and Order.
The other changes are as follows:
The other cabinet ministers sworn in are as follows :
Lakshman Kiriella - Minister of Public Enterprises and Kandy Development
Kabir Hashim - Minister of Higher Education and Highways,
Sagala Ratnayake - Minister of Youth Affairs and Southern Development,
Harin Fernando -Minister of Digital Infrastructure and Foreign Employment
Ravindra Samaraweera -Minister of Wildlife and Sustainable Development
State Ministers:
Piyasena Gamage -State Minister of Youth Affairs and Southern Development,
Ajith P Perera - State Minister of Prison Reforms, Rehabilitation and Drug Prevention,
Harsha de Silva - State Minister of National Policies and Economic Affairs
Deputy Ministers:
J.C. Alawathuwala - Deputy Minister of Home Affairs
Expressing his views the President said that in the future subject areas of some Ministries will be changed and will come under the purview of more appropriate institutions.
He also said that the cabinet reshuffle of UPFA Ministers will be done within the next two weeks and further said that necessary changes are to be made in State institutions and Corporations in the future to enhance efficiency.
Public Security Minister Ananda Wijepala told Parliament today that the suspect in the rape of a lady doctor at the Anuradhapura teaching hospital has been identified as an army deserter and he will be apprehended shortly.
Police have arrested the suspect connected to the sexual assault on a female doctor at the Anuradhapura Teaching Hospital today morning in Galnewa.
The Dutch Public Prosecutor suspects two companies of paying bribes in the construction of hospitals in Sri Lanka, according to an investigation by FD, the Dutch financial newspaper.
The Government today tabled in the House the Report of the Commission to Inquiry into the Establishment and Maintenance of Unlawful Places of Detention and Torture Chambers in the Batalanda Housing Scheme.
Former President Ranil Wickremesinghe said today he wholly rejects the Batalanda Commission report and that it was appointed wholly with the intention slinging political mud at him.
Leader of the National People’s Party (NPP) and one time Propaganda Secretary of the JVP Wimal Weerawansa accused the Government of bringing back the “Batalanda Commission” for a media spectacle instead of a genuine concern for those who suffered during the 1988-1990 period.
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