President Ranil Wickremesinghe has issued an extraordinary gazette announcement revising the scopes and functions of several ministries.
Accordingly, the National Building Research Organization under the Ministry of Defense and the Company Register Department under the Ministry of Finance have been removed from those ministries.
Also, the Ceylon Phosphate Company under the Ministry of Agriculture and the Center of Excellence for Robotics under the Ministry of Industry have also been removed from those ministries.
The company register department and Ceylon Phosphate Company which were thus removed have been placed under the Ministry of Industry through the new gazette notification.
Also, the Sri Lanka Telecommunication Regulatory Commission and the Center of Excellence for Robotics have been gazetted under the Ministry of Technology.