New State Ministers sworn in before the President at the Presidential Secretariat a short while ago.
| Name | Portfolio | ||
| 1 | Honourable Mr. Jagath Pushpakumara | Foreign Employment Promotion | |
| 2 | Honourable Mr. Ranjith Siyambalapitiya | Finance | |
| 3 | Honourable Mr. Lasantha Alagiyawanna | Transport | |
| 4 | Honourable Mr. Dilum Amunugama | Investment promotion | |
| 5 | Honourable Mr. Kanaka Herat | Technology | |
| 6 | Honourable Mr. Janaka Wakkumbura | Provincial Councils and Local Government | |
| 7 | Honourable Mr. Shehan Semasinghe | Finance | |
| 8 | Honourable Mr. Mohan Priyadarsha de Silva | Agriculture | |
| 9 | Honourable. Mr.Tenuka Widanagamage | Urban Development and Housing | |
| 10 | Honourable Mr. Pramita Bandara Thennakoon | Defence | |
| 11 | Honourable Mr. Rohana Dissanayake | Sports and Youth Affairs | |
| 12 | Honourable Mr.Arundika Fernando | Urban Development and Housing | |
| 13 | Honourable Mr. Vijitha Berugoda | Piriven Education | |
| 1 4 | Honourable Mr. Lohan Ratwatte | Plantation Industries | |
| 1 5 | Honourable Mr. Tharaka Balasuriya | Foreign Affairs | |
| 1 6 | Honourable Mr. Indika Anuruddha | Power and Energy | |
| 1 7 | Honourable Mr. Sanath Nishantha | Water Supply | |
| 18 | Honourable Mr. Siripala Gamalath | Highways | |
| 19 | Honourable Mr. Shantha Bandara | Mass Media | |
| 20 | Honourable Mr. Anuradha Jayaratne | Justice and Prison Reforms | |
| 21 | Honourable Mr. S. Viyalendran | Trade | |
| 22 | Honourable Mr. Sisira Jayakodi | Indigenous Medicine | |
| 23 | Honourable Mr. Piyal Nishantha de Silva | Fisheries | |
| 24 | Honourable Mr. Prasanna Ranaweera | Small and Medium Enterprise Development | |
| 25 | Honourable Mr. D.V. Chanaka | Conservation of Wildlife and Forest Resources | |
| 26 | Honourable Mr. D.B. Herath | Livestock Development | |
| 27 | Honourable Mr. Shashindra Rajapaksa | Irrigation | |
| 28 | Honourable Specialist Dr. Sita Arambepola | Health | |
| 29 | Honourable Mr. K. Kader Masthan | Rural Economy | |
| 30 | Honourable Mr. Ashoka Priyantha | Home Affairs | |
| 31 | Honourable Mr. A. Arvind Kumar | Education | |
| 32 | Honourable Mrs. Geetha Kumarasinghe | Women and Children Affairs | |
| 33 | Honourable Mr. Sivanesathurai Chandrakanthan | Rural Road Development | |
| 34 | Honourable Dr. Suren Raghavan | Higher Education | |
| 35 | Honourable Mrs. Diana Gamage | Tourism | |
| 3 6 | Honourable Mr. Chamara Sampath Dasanayake | Primary Industries | |
| 3 7 | Honourable Mr. Anupa Piyum Pasqual | Social Empowerment | |
The Presidential Media Division is fully responsible for socializing the views, actions, decisions and statements of His Excellency the President through the media. Electronic, print and new media will contribute to this through a credible and engaging approach.
The media department works as a source of information on the subject of the President’s vision and mission by maintaining good coordination with public and private media organizations and journalists.
National policies, plans and measures are explained to the people through the use of high quality media. Identify the fallacies and reveal the truth.
