COLOMBO - Twenty-one cabinet ministers were sworn in before Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake on Monday morning at the Presidential Secretariat in Colombo. After Dissanayake won the Sept. 21 presidential election, he governed with a cabinet composed of Harini Amarasuriya and Vijitha Herath. The new cabinet ministers were chosen among the 159 members of parliament from the National People’s Power (NPP) elected in the Nov. 14 parliamentary election. Amarasuriya continued to serve as prime minister in the new cabinet, and Herath was re-appointed as minister of foreign affairs, foreign employment and tourism. Their party won just three seats.

Source: The Nation November 19, 2024 12:36 UTC