Mar 23 (FT) Marking a historic turn in the political history of Sri Lanka, the main Opposition SLFP yesterday joined the rainbow coalition Govt by accepting 11 cabinet ministerial portfolios, five state ministerial portfolios and 10 Deputy Ministerial positions. New Ministers were sworn last afternoon by President Sirisena in the presence of PM Wickremesinghe. New appointments bloat the base of ministerial types by 50% from 51 to 76