What Changed Under the New Cabinet Gazette : Who Controls What Now?

October 21, 2025 at 2:11 PM

A special gazette issued by President Anura Kumara Dissanayake on October 18, 2025, has redefined the functions and institutions under several ministries following the recent Cabinet reshuffle.

  • Key changes listed in the gazette are as follows:

1. Ministry of Defence

•⁠ ⁠Civil Security Department (CSD) removed and assigned to the Ministry of Public Security.

•⁠ ⁠National Hydrology Council and Sri Lanka National Hydrology Office added.

2. Ministry of Public Security

•⁠ ⁠Civil Security Department added.

•⁠ ⁠Sri Lanka International Arbitration Centre (Guarantee) Ltd and the Office of the Commissioner General of Rehabilitation brought under this ministry.

3. Ministry of Finance, Economic Development and Fiscal Management

•⁠ ⁠Hotel Developers (Lanka) Ltd added.

•⁠ ⁠Casino Regulatory Authority added.

4. Ministry of Power and Energy

•⁠ ⁠Lanka Electricity Company (Private) Ltd and its subsidiaries added.

•⁠ ⁠Atomic Energy Board and Atomic Energy Regulatory Council removed and assigned to the Ministry of Science and Technology.

5. Ministry of Science and Technology

•⁠ ⁠Atomic Energy Board and Atomic Energy Regulatory Council added.

6. Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Lands and Irrigation

•⁠ ⁠Department of Cinnamon Development added.

7. Ministry of Health and Media

•⁠ ⁠Sri Lanka Triposha Ltd removed and assigned to the Ministry of Trade, Food Security and Cooperative Development.

•⁠ ⁠State Trading (General) Corporation Ltd, Salasine Media Solutions (Pvt) Ltd, Ayurveda Education and Health Board, and Sri Lanka Nursing Council added.

8. Ministry of Trade, Food Security and Cooperative Development

•⁠ ⁠Sri Lanka Triposha Ltd added.

9. Ministry of Digital Economy

•⁠ ⁠Commission for Online Safety added.

•⁠ ⁠Colombo Lotus Tower Management Company (Pvt) Ltd added.

10. Ministry of Rural Development, Social Security and Community Empowerment

•⁠ ⁠National Secretariat for Non-Governmental Organizations added.

•⁠ ⁠Partnership Secretariat for World Food Programme Cooperation added.

11. Ministry of Industries and Enterprise Development

•⁠ ⁠Geological Survey and Mines Bureau and GSMB Technical Services (Pvt) Ltd added.

12. Ministry of Transport, Highways and Urban Development

•⁠ ⁠Newly formed ministry.

•⁠ ⁠Seventeen institutions assigned, including:

* Road Development Authority

* National Transport Commission

* Sri Lanka Railways

* National Council for Road Safety

* National Transport Medical Institute

* Motor Traffic Department

* Urban Development Authority

* National Physical Planning Department

13. Ministry of Ports and Civil Aviation Services

•⁠ ⁠Sri Lanka Ports Authority and its subsidiaries added.

•⁠ ⁠Lanka Shipping Corporation Ltd added.

•⁠ ⁠Civil Aviation Authority of Sri Lanka, Airport and Aviation Services (Lanka) Ltd, and SriLankan Airlines Ltd added.

14. Ministry of Housing, Construction and Water Supply

•⁠ ⁠National Housing Development Authority added.

•⁠ ⁠State Engineering Corporation, Building Materials Corporation Ltd, and National Machinery Institute added.

•⁠ ⁠National Water Supply and Drainage Board and Department of Community Water Supply added.