ECONOMYENTX – Sri Lanka's President Maithripala Sirisena has sworn in new ministers from the United National Party with changes from his United People's Freedom Alliance promised later. Minister Ranil Wickremesighe is the law and order minister, and Kabir Hashim as minister of highways.
The United People’s Freedom Alliance (UPFA) has proposed the name of Transport Minister Nimal Siripala de Silva as the new Prime Minister, a Minister said yesterday. Sports Minister Dayasiri Jayasekara told Daily Mirror that the UPFA had decided to put forward Mr. de Silva’s name for the PM post in …
… in the UPFA except the Sri Lanka Freedom Party to act independently in Parliament, Minister Amaraweera said NFF is not a member of the alliance.