Four Sri Lankan Muslim Ministers, who resigned following the Easter Sunday bombings that killed 258 people, have rejoined the government after investigators found no link in their alleged involvement with a local islamist extremist group. Accordingly, Rauff Hakeem took oaths as the Minister of City Planning, Water Supply and Higher Education, Rishad Bathiyudeen as the Minister of Industry & Commerce, Resettlement of Protracted Displaced Persons, Co-operative Development and Vocational Training & Skills Development, Ameer Ali Mohamed Shihabdeen as the State Minister of Agriculture, Irrigation and Rural Economic Affairs and Abdullah Maharoof as the Deputy Minister of Ports and Shipping. Renuka Thuraisingham talks to minister Rishard Bathiyudeen to find out more...
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