The government has announced that the Cabinet has been reshuffled and new portfolios have been assigned to three cabinet ministers and ten Deputy Ministers.
Accordingly, the following Cabinet Ministers have been sworn in:
- Bimal Niroshan Rathnayake– Minister of Transport, Highways and Urban Development
- Anura Karunathilaka – Minister of Ports and Civil Aviation
- Dr. H.M. Susil Ranasinghe – Minister of Housing, Construction and Water Supply
While, the following have been sworn in as Deputy Ministers
- Dr. Anil Jayantha Fernando – Deputy Minister of Finance and Planning
- T.B. Sarath – Deputy Minister of Housing, Construction and Water Supply
- M. M. Mohammed Muneer – Deputy Minister of Religious and Cultural Affairs
- Eranga Gunasekara – Deputy Minister of Urban Development
- Dr. Muditha Hansaka Wijemuni– Deputy Minister of Health
- Aravinda Senarath Vitharana – Deputy Minister of Lands and Irrigation
- H.M. Dinindu Saman Kumara – Deputy Minister of Youth Affairs
- U.D. Nishantha Jayaweera – Deputy Minister of Economic Development
- Dr. Kaushalya Ariyarathne– Deputy Minister of Mass Media
- M. I. M. Arkam – Deputy Minister of Energy
