Sri Lanka's new cabinet sworn in after snap election

Sri Lanka's President Anura Kumara Dissanayake retained the key defence and finance portfolios in a new cabinet he announced Monday after sweeping snap parliamentary elections last week. Following the swearing in ceremony, Dissanayake urged his cabinet to be "aware of the limitations of this power" and to "fulfill the expectations of the people.

" The new cabinet ministers were chosen among the 159 members of parliament from the National People's Power (NPP) elected in the Nov. 14 parliamentary election.