Bimal Rathnayake

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Role: Minister of transport, highways, ports and civil aviation since November 2024
Appears on: Presidents since 2019
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Colombo Metro bus service, 2025 to 2026

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Bimal Rathnayake / Minister under / Anura Kumara Dissanayake
- Appointed transport, highways, ports and civil aviation minister in the same cabinet.18 Nov 2024 · Al Jazeera · Sri Lanka leader reappoints Amarasuriya as PM, retains finance and defence
Bimal Rathnayake / Named in / Bribery commission inquiry into six ministers’ assetsAllegation
- One of six office holders whose assets the commission’s Illegal Assets Division decided to investigate, named as Minister of Transport, Highways, Ports and Civil Aviation and Leader of the House. The Daily Mirror could not reach the ministers for comment.30 Dec 2025 · Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka) · Six ministers under bribery probe over their assets
Bimal Rathnayake / Tabled in Parliament / List of 50 cases tabled in Parliament, 8 October 2026
- He tabled the ten-page document on 8 October 2026, saying the cases were not started by the present government but stem from complaints and proceedings dating from 2015 to 2019, and that the government was not selectively targeting opposition politicians.8 Oct 2026 · Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka) · ‘Not political revenge’: Bimal tables 50 corruption, fraud and criminal cases in Parliament
- The Daily FT reports the same list and his rejection of claims of political revenge. Neither article carries an opposition response.9 Oct 2026 · Daily FT · Govt. tables 50 corruption cases, denies revenge
Bimal Rathnayake / Condemned disruptions by, May 2025 / Ramanathan Archchuna
- As Leader of the House he strongly condemned Archchuna for repeatedly disrupting proceedings and interrupting his allotted speaking time.8 May 2025 · Newswire · Archchuna removed from Parliament Chambers
Bimal Rathnayake / National Organiser of / Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP)
- Describes him as the party’s National Organiser and a member of the coalition’s executive committee.15 Sep 2024 · The Sunday Times (Sri Lanka) · Get to know the main contenders’ core teams
Bimal Rathnayake / Called the service a flagship project the day the company was set up, 8 October 2025 / Lanka Metro Transit (LMT)
- The Sunday Times reports that the Minister of Transport, Highways and Urban Development, Bimal Rathnayaka, described the new urban bus service as a flagship project on the day the company was set up.9 Aug 2026 · The Sunday Times (Sri Lanka) · Metro bus takes route to qualitative shift in city transport
Bimal Rathnayake / Said in August 2026 he hoped to launch in Kandy and Jaffna by the end of the year / Kandy Metro bus service (planned)
- The Daily Mirror quotes the Minister saying “We hope to launch the Metro bus service in Jaffna and Kandy by the end of this year” and that depots would be set up in both districts.1 Aug 2026 · Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka) · Metro bus service to expand to Jaffna, Kandy by year-end: Minister
- The Morning reports that on 7 September 2026 he said steps were being taken to expand the service beyond the Western Province to Galle, Kandy and Jaffna, and that a Cabinet paper had been submitted to buy 50 more buses. The article gives no Kandy start date.7 Sep 2026 · The Morning · Metro bus service to expand to Galle, Kandy and Jaffna
Bimal Rathnayake / Said four depots were planned: Talangama, Kadawatha, Ekala and Ratmalana / Metro bus depots
- The Morning reports the Minister saying that plans were under way to build four Metro depots, at Talangama, Kadawatha, Ekala and Ratmalana, at the inauguration of operations at the Kadawatha Metro Depot Yard on 7 September 2026.7 Sep 2026 · The Morning · Metro bus service to expand to Galle, Kandy and Jaffna