New Ministers take oaths

Four new Ministers took oaths before President Mahinda Rajapaksa this morning. They include new Media Minister Keheliya Rambukwella, Minister of Higher Education S.B. Dissanayaka, Livestock Minister Arumugam Thondaman and Technology and Research Minister Tissa Witharana. 

Sri Lanka's new cabinet, 37 Ministers sworn in

The newly appointed Cabinet comprising of 37 Ministers took oaths before the President at the Presidential Secretariat early Friday afternoon in the capital Colombo.
Basil Rajapaksa has been sworn in as the Economic Development Minister. G. L. Peiris as Foreign Affairs, Education - Bandula Gunawardana and Helth portfolio went to Maithripala Serisena.
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