COLOMB0 (News 1st); Sri Lanka appointed 9 new Cabinet Ministers of Friday (20).

1. Nimal Siripala De Silva – Ports, Naval and Aviation Services

2. Susil Premajayantha – Education

3. Keheliya Rambukwella – Health

4. Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe – Justice, Prison Affairs, Constitutional Reforms

5. Harin Fernando – Tourism and Land

6. Ramesh Pathirana – Plantation Industries

7. Manusha Nanayakkara – Labour and Foreign Employment

8. Nalin Fernando:  Trade, Commerce, and Food Security

9. Tiran Alles – Public Security

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