The government has carried out the Cabinet reshuffle aimed at expediting and improving the efficiency of national development goals aligned with the 2026 Budget.

The new Cabinet of Ministers is as follows;

• Ministers-

Bimal Rathnayake – Transport, Highways, and Urban Development

Anura Karunathilake – Ports and Civil Aviation

Susil Ranasinghe – Housing, Construction, and Water Supply

• Deputy Ministers-

Anil Jayantha Fernando – Finance and Planning 

T.B. Sarath – Housing Construction and Water Supply 

Mohamed Muneer – Religious and Cultural Affairs 

Eranga Gunasekara – Urban Development 

Hansaka Wijayamuni – Health 

Aravinda Senarath Witharana – Lands and Irrigation 

Saman Kumara – Youth Affairs

Nishantha Jayaweera – Economic Development

Kaushalya Ariyaratne – Mass Media

M.I.M. Arkam – Power (Newswire)

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The government has carried out the Cabinet reshuffle aimed at expediting and improving the efficiency of national development goals aligned with the 2026 Budget.

The new Cabinet of Ministers is as follows;

• Ministers-

Bimal Rathnayake – Transport, Highways, and Urban Development

Anura Karunathilake – Ports and Civil Aviation

Susil Ranasinghe – Housing, Construction, and Water Supply

• Deputy Ministers-

Anil Jayantha Fernando – Finance and Planning 

T.B. Sarath – Housing Construction and Water Supply 

Mohamed Muneer – Religious and Cultural Affairs 

Eranga Gunasekara – Urban Development 

Hansaka Wijayamuni – Health 

Aravinda Senarath Witharana – Lands and Irrigation 

Saman Kumara – Youth Affairs

Nishantha Jayaweera – Economic Development

Kaushalya Ariyaratne – Mass Media

M.I.M. Arkam – Power (Newswire)

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The Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) has expressed displeasure over the mini Cabinet reshuffle that took place today, especially the removal of Keheliya Rambukwella as the Minister of Health.

Keheliya Rambukwella was appointed as the Minister of Environment, while Dr. Ramesh Pathirana replaced him as the new Minister of Health.

Commenting on the Cabinet reshuffle, SLPP General Secretary Sagara Kariyawasam said that the changing of ministerial portfolios was a ‘wrong decision’ by the President, especially that of Keheliya Rambukwella. 

“Several allegations were raised against Minister Keheliya Rambukwella. But all those allegations were proven false. Maybe the President was of the opinion that it would be best to make a change under the current circumstances,” he told the media today. 

Kariyawasam said, however, that the SLPP has informed the President of its disappointment in the appointment of a Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) member as Health Minister.

“It is regrettable that such an appointment has been made as the President was able to form a government only through the support of a majority of SLPP members. Only five SLFP members have given their support to the President so far,” he said.

Kariyawasam said removing an SLPP MP and providing opportunities to two SLFP MPs was a wrong decision by the President. 

Emphasizing that the SLPP is unafraid to call out the President on his ‘wrong decisions’, Kariyawasam said the party has expressed strong displeasure over his decisions with regard to the Cabinet reshuffle. (NewsWire)

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In a Cabinet reshuffle this morning, Mahinda Amaraweera was appointed as the Minister of Agriculture and Plantation Industries & Keheliya Rambukwella as the Minister of Environment, at the Presidential Secretariat a short while ago.

Dr. Ramesh Pathirana was appointed as the Minister of Health in addition to his portfolio as Minister of Industries while Mr. Ranjith Siyambalapitiya was appointed as the Non-Cabinet Minister of Plantation Enterprises apart from his post as State Minister of Finance.

Mini Cabinet Reshuffle 

Keheliya Rambukella – Minister of Environment

Ramesh Pathirana – Minister of Industries & Health

Mahinda Amaraweera – Minister of Agriculture & Plantation Industries

Ranjith Siyambalapitiya – Non-Cabinet Minister of Plantation Enterprises & State Minister of Finance

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