Sri Lanka, Oct. 12 -- The official Gazette notification announcing the revised ministerial and deputy ministerial portfolios, following the NPP government's first Cabinet reshuffle, has been issued.

On October 10, the government announced the new portfolios of three Cabinet Ministers and ten Deputy Ministers subsequent to the reshuffle. The newly appointed Ministers and Deputy Ministers were sworn in before the President at the Presidential Secretariat on the same day.

The Gazette confirms that the reshuffle was carried out in accordance with Articles 44(2) and 46(1) of the Constitution of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka. The appointments were made by Order of the President, with Dr. N. S. Kumanayake, Secretary to the Pre...