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Vijitha Herath receives a document from Sri Lanka’s President Anura Kumara Dissanayake after being sworn-in as Minister of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Employment, and Tourism during the swearing-in ceremony of the new Cabinet in Colombo on November 18, 2024. Photo: Sri Lanka President’s Media Division via AFP On the morning of November 16, 2024, I was following the final tally of preferential votes secured by candidates in Sri Lanka’s recent general elections. President Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s National People’s Power (NPP) alliance won a historic mandate of more than a two-thirds majority. Vijitha Herath, the NPP candidate in Colombo’s neighbouring Gampaha district, broke records by winning more than 7 lakh votes. He has been named Foreign Minister in ...

President Anura Kumara Dissanayake (File Image) The new Sri Lankan Cabinet will take their oaths on Monday before President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, as announced by his media office. Under Dissanayake's leadership, the National People's Power secured a commanding two-thirds majority in Thursday's parliamentary elections, including a significant victory in the Tamil-dominated Jaffna electoral district."The swearing-in of the new Cabinet of the government will take place tomorrow (18) at 10:00 am at the Presidential Secretariat, in the presence of President @anuradisanayake," stated the President's Media Division on X.The inaugural session of the 10th Parliament is scheduled for November 21.Constitutional Article 46 stipulates a maximum of 30 Cabinet ministers and 40 deputy ministers.The NP...

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Sri Lanka’s new cabinet to take oath next week after landslide victory – Times of India