Lanka to expand first post-war cabinet

Sri Lanka's president will expand his new cabinet by five ministers but the government will still have far fewer members than the previous one, an official source said yesterday.
President Mahinda Rajapakse, whose ruling United People's Freedom Alliance took victory in this month's parliamentary election, will bring in five more cabinet ministers and one deputy minister soon, the official said.
His cabinet, sworn in Friday, currently numbers 37 excluding the president himself, who holds the defence, finance, ports and highways portfolios.