COLOMBO, Sept. 24 (Xinhua) -- Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake appointed a new cabinet of ministers on Tuesday evening, with Prime Minister Harini Amarasuriya, lawmaker Vijitha Herath and himself taking on cabinet portfolios.
Dissanayake will now oversee defense, finance, economic development, policy formulation, planning, tourism, energy, agriculture, lands, livestock, irrigation, fisheries and aquatic resources.
Earlier, Amarasuriya was sworn in as the prime minister, and was appointed as the minister of justice, public administration, provincial councils, local government, education, science and technology, labor, women, child and youth affairs, sports, trade, commerce, food security, co-operative development, industries and entrepreneur development, and health.
Herath was assigned the minister of Buddhist affairs, religious and cultural affairs, national integration, social security, mass media, transport, highways, ports and civil aviation, public security, and foreign affairs, environment, wildlife, forest resources, water supply, plantation and community, infrastructure, rural and urban development, housing and construction. ■