COLOMBO : Lohan Ratwatte has taken oaths as the new State Minister of Prisons Management and Prisoners’ Rehabilitation.
He has been sworn in to the new State Ministry before President Gotabaya Rajapaksa at the Presidential Secretariat a short while ago, according to President’s Media Division.
Lohan Ratwatte has been serving as the State Minister of Gem and Jewelry related Industries since April 2020.
Meanwhile, Jayantha de Silva has been appointed as the Secretary to the newly established Ministry of Technology.
The Ministry of Technology was established as a cabinet ministry through a gazette notification on November 23. The Ministry was assigned under the purview of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa.
The newly appointed Secretary to the ministry Jayantha de Silva is the current chairperson of the Information and Communication Technology Agency (ICTA) of Sri Lanka.
