The Ministry of Transport and Highways (; ) is the

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ministry of

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responsible for transport. The ministry is responsible for formulating and implementing national policy on transport and other subjects which come under its purview. The current Minister of Transport and Highways is

Bimal Rathnayake Bimal Rathnayake is a Sri Lankan politician who serves as the Minister of Transport, Highways, Ports and Civil Aviation and Leader of the House since November 2024. A longstanding member of the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP), Rathnayake is m ...

. The ministry's

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is Nihal Somaweera.

Ministers

The Minister of Transport and Highways is a member of the

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Secretaries

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1931 establishments in Ceylon Civil aviation in Sri Lanka Transport organisations based in Sri Lanka Members of the Board of Ministers of Ceylon