Sri Lanka finance minister likely to be Ravi Karunanayake
Saturday January 10, 2015
17:24
COLOMBO (EconomyNext) – Ravi Karunanayake, a senior United National Party official is likely to be appointed finance minister in Sri Lanka’s Sirisena administration and H Samaratunga finance secretary, sources said.
Karunanayake has been a former trade minister.
Samaratunga is an experience senior career public servant.
Sri Lanka is to appoint a new cabinet next week, not exceeding 30 persons former fisheries minister Rajitha Senaratne said.
The subjects will be decided on a scientific basis, he said.