New State Ministers and Deputy Ministers sworn in
Eight State Ministers and ten Deputy Ministers were sworn in by President Maithripala Sirisena at the Presidential Secretariat this morning.
State Ministers:
Palitha Range Bandara – State Minister of Minister of Irrigation and Water Resources Management and Disaster Management
Dilip Wedaarachchi – State Minister of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Development and Rural Economy
M.L.A.M. Hizbullah – State Minister of Highways and Road Development
Mohan Lal Grero – State Minister of Higher Education and Cultural Affairs
A.D. Champika Premadasa – State Minister of Plantation Industries
Lakshman Senewiratne – State Minister of Public Administration and Management, and Law and Oder
Sriyani Wijewickrama – State Minister of Sports, Provincial Councils and Local Government
Weerakumara Dissanayake – State Minister of Mahaweli Development
Deputy Ministers:
Karunarathna Paranawithana – Deputy Minister of Science, Technology and Research, Skills Development and Vocational Training, and Hill Country Heritage
Ameer Ali Shihabdeen – Deputy Minister of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Development and Rural Economy
Dunesh Gankanda – Deputy Minister of Lands and Parliamentary Reforms
Ranjan Ramanayake – Deputy Minister of Social Empowerment
Sarathie Dushmantha – Deputy Minister of Justice and Prison Reforms
Palitha Kumara Thewarapperuma – Deputy Minister of Sustainable Development, Wildlife and Regional Development
Manusha Nanayakkara – Deputy Minister of Telecommunication, Digital Infrastructure and Foreign Employment
Muthu Sivalingam – Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs and Wayamba Development
Seyed Ali Zahir Moulana – Deputy Minister of National Integration, Reconciliation and Official Languages
H.M.M. Harees – Deputy Minister of Public Enterprise and Kandy Development
This article is being updated…
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the UNP will be a bankkrupt party if they do not listen to their leader Ranil who brought 600 million votes to the party in 2015 august elections 7 months after the bond scam was exposed and all those who talk of leadership change paid by Sirasa who did not get a million votes should be sent out of the party including field Marshall Sarath Fonseka who came through the back door with the Blessings of Ranil.The only economic and energy solution for our solution for our country is to have to have 10 year BOT fueled coal power projects as base load with competitive bidding with a fair pricing formula an economical Hydro with large reservoirs as peaking power which will give unit cost price the lowest in the world in the short term the rupee appreciating to beyond a US $ in a years time and as such bringing in immense benefit to we the people and we could have 10 power stations 3x 300Mw giving 70 million units and our carbon emission per capita will not exceed 4 metric tons per capita per year while the Singapore is 30 metric tons