In Sri Lanka, the new Council of Ministers of the newly elected Government took oath this afternoon in front of President Mahinda Rajapaksa at the Presidential Secretariat in Colombo.Apart from the 37 member cabinet, 39 deputy ministers also took oath. The ministries allocated were announced. According to the new portfolio, G L Peireis is the new Foreign Affairs Minister of Sri Lanka. Basil Rajapaksa , the younger brother of the Sri Lankan President has been appointed as the Economic Development Minister .On Wednesday President appointed D.M. Jayaratne, a founder member of the ruling Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP), as the new Prime Minister. Chamal Rajapaksa has been unanimously elected as the Speaker of the Parliament.