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Cabinet to be sworn in next week – By Kelum Bandara Source : dailymirror State Ministers also to be appointed 30 Cabinet and 40 State ministers will be appointed MPs from the Opposition joining the government in their individual capacities The Cabinet and State ministers will be sworn in next week, an informed source said.  According to the informed source, 30 Cabinet ministers will be appointed. Most ministers who currently hold two or more portfolios each will lose one of them for the accommodation of new comers to the Cabinet.    There will be MPs from the Opposition joining the government in their individual capacities regardless of the positions of their parties.  The source said around 40 state ministers will be appointed. Once the new Cabinet is appointed, the new government is expected to change the heads of various government institutions.  The new government is expected to change the heads of various ...