Sri Lanka Freedom Party Kurunegala District MP Shantha Bandara has been appointed as the State Minister of Promoting the Production & Regulating the Supply of Organic Fertiliser, and Paddy and Grains, Organic Foods, Vegetables, Fruits, Chilies, Onion and Potato Cultivation Promoting, Seed Production and Advanced Technology Agriculture.
The President’s Media Division said Shantha Bandara took oath before President Gotabaya Rajapaksa last evening.
The PMD said President Rajapaksa also refused to accept the resignation letter of State Minister of Foreign Employment Promotion and Market Diversification Piyankara Jayaratne.
Accordingly, Piyankara Jayaratne will continue to work within the capacity of State Minister.