Prime Minister's Office

The Prime Minister's Office carries out official duties of the Prime Minister of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka and provides necessary guidance, coordination facilities and leadership to achieve economic and social development goals in accordance with the government policies.

Moreover, the Prime Minister’s Office provides necessary leadership and guidance to fulfill the aspirations of people while standing by the side of them in the hour of need with great enthusiasm and commitment. It provides regular assistance in policy making and also necessary contribution, guidance and coordination through a people centered approach to achieve Sustainable Development Goals (SDG). It plays a crucial role in maintaining diplomatic relationships and international relations, through facilitating negotiations, conducting high level diplomacy with foreign leaders, countries, states and representatives and coordinating the efforts of various government agencies and departments involved in foreign affairs.

Vision

“An independent, sovereign and prosperous Sri Lanka”

Mission

“To provide the necessary leadership for an excellent government mechanism with good governance, maintaining an effective coordination between States, Foreign missions, United Nations and Non-Governmental institutions in order to realize the aspirations of the Sri Lankans and improve their quality of life”

ස්මාට් පුවරු සඳහා පාසල් මට්ටමින් දෙමාපියන්ගෙන් මුදල් එකතු කිරීම වහා නවත්වන්න - අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය ආචාර්ය හරිනි අමරසූරිය

2025 අ.පො.ස. සාමාන්‍ය පෙළ විභාගය පෙබරවාරි 17 ආරම්භ කරනවා.

නිදහස් අධ්‍යාපනය කප්පාදු කරන්න හෝ ජයවර්ධනපුර දන්ත වෛද්‍ය පීඨය වහන්න හෝ තීරණයක් ගෙන නැහැ

කටකතා මත පදනම්ව පාර්ලිමේන්තුවේ ප්‍රශ්න අහන්න එපා

නව අධ්‍යාපන ප්‍රතිසංස්කරණය සඳහා අවශ්‍ය ස්මාට් පුවරු (Smart Board) අධ්‍යාපන අමාත්‍යංශය මගින් පාසල් වෙත බෙදා දීම ආරම්භ කර ඇති අතර ඒ සඳහා පාසල් මට්ටමින් දෙමාපියන්ගෙන් මුදල් එකතු කිරීම වහා නවත්වන ලෙසත්, නිදහස් අධ්‍යාපනය කප්පාදු කිරීමට හෝ ජයවර්ධනපුර දන්ත වෛද්‍ය පීඨය වසා දමන්න කිසිදු තීරණයක් ගෙන නැති බවත් අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය ආචාර්ය හරිනි අමරසූරිය පැවසුවාය.

විපක්ෂ නායක සජිත් ප්‍රේමදාස මහතා අද (05) පාර්ලිමේන්තුවේදී ඇසූ ප්‍රශ්නයකට පිළිතුරු ලබා දෙමින් අග්‍රාමාත්‍යතුමිය මේ බව පැවසීය.

මෙහිදී වැඩි දුරටත් අදහස් දැක් වූ අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය ආචාර්ය හරිනි අමරසූරිය,

නිදහස් අධ්‍යාපනය විපකෂ නායකතුමාගේ ප්‍රතිපත්තිය නොවුනත් ඒ වෙනුවෙන් මේ අවස්ථාවේ හරි පෙනීසිටීම ගැන මම සතුටු වෙනවා. නමුත් මම ඉල්ලීමක් කරනවා සමාජ මාධ්‍ය හෝ වෙනත් කටකතා මත පාර්ලිමේන්තුවේ ප්‍රශ්න යොමු කරන්න එපා. නිදහස් අධ්‍යාපනය කප්පාදු කිරීමට හෝ ජයවර්ධනපුර දන්ත වෛද්‍ය පීඨය වසා දමන්න කිසිදු තීරණයක් අපි අරගෙන නැහැ. වික්‍රමාරච්චි වෛද්‍ය පීඨය කිසිම විධිමත් භාවයකින් තොරව ආරම්බ කරලා විවිධ පාඨමාලා හදුන්වා දී තිබෙනවා. ඒ නිසා ඒ දරුවන් අසරණ තත්ත්වයට පත්වෙලා. ඒ සම්බන්ධයෙන් අවශ්‍ය කටයුතු අපි සිදු කරමින් යනවා. ඒක දේශපාලන තීන්දුවක් නෙමෙයි. වික්‍රමාරච්චි වෛද්‍ය පීඨයේ ගැටළුව සම්බන්ධයෙන් පත්කළ විද්වත් කමිටුව මගින් ලබා දුන් වාර්තාවක් අනුවයි අපි කටයුතු කරන්නේ.

මේ වසරේ පාසල් පද්ධතියට අවශ්‍ය ස්මාර්ට් පුවරු බෙදා දෙන්න කටයුතු කරමින් යනවා කිසිම අයුරකින් දෙමාපියන්ගෙන් මුදල් එකතු කරන්න අවශය නැහැ එහෙම එකතු කරනවා නම් ඒක වහාම නවත්වන්න. මේ වන විටත් අධ්‍යාපන අමාත්‍යංශයේ ලේකම්තුමා නියෝගයක් නිකුත් කර තිබෙනවා පාසල්වල මුදල් එකතු කරන්න එපා කියලා.

1-5 වසරට තොරතුරු තාක්ෂණය කියලා වෙනම විෂයක් ඉගැන්වීම සිදු කරන්නේ නැහැ. නමුත් ගෝලීය තාක්ෂණික ලෝකය සමග ඉදිරියට යන්න එක් එක් වයස් කාණ්ඩ වලට ගැලපෙන ලෙස තාක්ෂණික අවබෝධය ලබා දෙන්න විද්වත් උපදෙස් මත සංවාදයක් අපි ආරම්භ කර තිබෙනවා. ළමා ආරක්ෂණයත්, විද්වත් උපදෙස් සළකා බලා තමයි අපි තීරණය කරන්නේ. විෂයමාලා පිලිබඳ දේශපාලන තීන්දු ගන්නේ නැහැ. ඒ තීරණ ගන්නේ ඒ විෂය පිලිබඳ විද්වතුන් විසින්.

විශ්වවිද්‍යාල සහ උසස් අධ්‍යාපන ආයතනවල ඉල්ලීම් සළකා බලා කැබිනට් අනුමැතිය මත අත්‍යවශ්‍ය පුරප්පාඩු වෙනුවෙන් අධ්‍යයන කාර්ය මණ්ඩල බඳවා ගැනීම අදාළ විශ්වවිද්‍යාල සහ උසස් අධ්‍යාපන ආයතන මේවන විට කටයුතු කරමින් යනවා. ඒවගේම ගුරු සේවය පිහිටුවා වසර තිහක් ගත වුණත් ගුරු සේවයේ ගුණාත්මකභාවය සංවර්ධනය සඳහා තව දුරටත් ගත යුතු ක්‍රියාමාර්ග තිබෙනවා. ගුරු සේවයේ උසස් වීම් සඳහා පැවති ඇගයීම් ක්‍රියාවලියේ ප්‍රායෝගික ගැටළු සහ බඳවා ගැනීම් සේවා ව්‍යවස්ථාව අනුව සිදු නොවීම යන කරුණු මත පැන නැගී ඇති ගැටළු සහඅනෙකුත් ගැටළු විසඳමින් ගුණාත්මක අධ්‍යාපනයක් වෙනුවෙන් විධිමත් වැඩපිළිවෙලක් සකස් කරන්න රජයේ අවධානය මේවන විට යොමු වී තිබෙනවා.

පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්‍රී කාදර් මස්තානා විසින් ඇසූ ප්‍රශනයට පිළිතුරු ලබා දෙමින් අග්‍රාමාත්‍යතුමිය මෙසේද පැවසුවාය.

පාසල් දරුවන්ගේ මූළික අවශ්‍යතා සපුරාලීම සඳහා රජයේ ප්‍රතිපත්තිමය තීරණ මත විවිධ වැඩසටහන් හදුන්වා දී තියනවා. ඒ වගේම පාසල් පෙළපොත්, නිල ඇදුම් ලබා දීමටත්, සුරක්ෂා සෞඛ්‍ය රක්ෂණාවරණය ලබා දෙන්නත් කටයුතු කර තිබෙනවා. ඊට අමතරව 6 -13 ශ්‍රේණිවල දැරියන් සඳහා අවශ්‍ය සනීපාරක්ෂක තුවා මිළදී ගැනීමට අවශ්‍ය වවුචර්පත් ලබා දී තිබෙනවා. එසේම ප්‍රාථමික පාසල්වල දරුවන් සඳහා දිවා ආහාර ලබා දීමට කටයුතු කර තිබෙනවා. ශීෂ්‍යත්වය සමත් අස්වැසුම නොලබන දරුවන් සඳහා මූල්‍යාධාර ලබා දීමට කටයුතු කර තිබෙනවා. අධ්‍යාපන අමාත්‍යංශය මෙය තවත් පුළුල් කරන්න අවශ්‍ය තොරතුරු රැස් කරමින් අදාළ කටයුතු කරගෙන යනවා.

2025 අ.පො.ස. සාමාන්‍ය පෙළ විභාගය පෙබරවාරි මාසයේ 17 සිට 26 දක්වා පැවැත්මීට සූදානම් කර තිබෙනවා. මේ දින රාමසාන් උත්සවය පැවැත්වෙන දින වුවත් එය විභාගය පැවැත්වීමට බාධාවක් නොවන බව අදාළ අංශ විසින් දැනුම් දී තිබෙනවා. ශිෂ්‍යත්ව විභාගය සහ අපොස උසස්පෙළ විභාගය සෑම වසරකම අගෝස්තු මාසයට පෙර පැවැත්වීමටත්, අපොස සාමාන්‍ය පෙළ විභාගය දෙසැම්බර් මාසයේ පැවැත්වීමටත් තීරණය කර තිබෙනවා. 2026 වසරේ සිටම අදාල විභාග කාල සටහන අනුව විභාග පවත්වන්න උත්සාහ කරන බවද අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය ආචාර්ය හරිනි අමරසූරිය පැවසුවාය.

අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය මාධ්‍ය අංශය

Message from the Hon. Prime Minister on the 78th National Independence Day

The 78th National Independence Day is marked with renewed hope for freedom. We have now entered a new chapter with a people’s government formed through the collective will and effort of all citizens.

The Government has begun the task of building a nation for future generations, grounded in human values, strengthened by skills, and enriched by intellectual capacity. The time has come for every citizen to fulfil their responsibility to the motherland by contributing meaningfully to the building of a nation rooted in shared values.

We remain committed to achieving national priorities, including stabilizing the country on a strong economic foundation; advancing a new political vision that transforms political practice and redefines the role of the politician through a renewed political culture; guiding society with equality, dignity, and compassion; and addressing persistent rural poverty.

The Government is also focused on strengthening welfare mechanisms to ensure access for vulnerable social groups so that no one is left behind; advancing the digital transformation of the economy through modern science and technology; and presenting Sri Lanka to the international community as a nation guided by a non-aligned foreign policy, enabling engagement based on trust with all countries and peoples.

This is a time for all of us to work together, setting aside narrow political interests in the pursuit of national progress. As we mark the 78th National Independence Day, I invite all Sri Lankans to stand united with renewed confidence and determination, and to join in the shared task of shaping a new era of national renewal.

Dr. Harini Amarasuriya
Prime Minister
Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka
04th of February 2026

Mental health care must be provided through both institutional and community-based approaches

Prime Minister states at the Centenary Celebration of the National Institute of Mental Health

Steps has been taken to update the Mental Health Act after over-hundred-years

Deputy Minister of Health Dr. Hansaka Wijayamuni

Prime Minister Dr. Harini Amarasuriya stated that mental health care should be delivered through both institutional and community-based approaches, and that it is essential to change societal attitudes towards recipients of mental health services.

The Prime Minister made these remarks while addressing the centenary celebration of the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), Angoda, Sri Lanka’s premier institution in the field of mental health held on February 3 at the institute’s auditorium.

At the commencement of the event, the Prime Minister also viewed a special photographic exhibition organized to mark the centenary, as well as an exhibition showcasing creative works by recipients of mental health services.

Addressing the event, the Prime Minister emphasized that while appreciating the institute’s century-long commitment and service, it is vital to further expand community-based mental health services in the future.

Mental health is not a field that can be confined solely to medical treatment. We must build a broader and more humane system of care by integrating multiple external sectors. In particular, we carry a responsibility to change the stigmatizing attitudes with which society carries on the recipients of mental health services.

Commending the exceptional dedication of hospital staff, the Prime Minister also highlighted the importance of acting with greater sensitivity and compassion towards patients.

Speaking at the event, Deputy Minister of Health Dr. Hansaka Wijayamuni stated that the Government has taken steps to update Sri Lanka’s Mental Health Act, which is over one hundred years old, to suit contemporary needs.

He noted that the initial draft of the proposed legislation has already been submitted to relevant institutions, as well as to the Cabinet and Parliament, and that public consultations will be conducted in the future regarding the new Act.

The Deputy Minister further explained that the proposed legislation places special emphasis on protecting patient rights while incorporating modern medical and scientific practices into the legal framework.

The event was attended by Deputy Minister of Urban Development Eranga Gunasekara, Secretary to the Ministry of Health and Mass Media Dr. Anil Jasinghe, World Health Organization Representative in Sri Lanka Dr. Rajesh Sambhajirao Pandav, Director of the National Institute of Mental Health Dr. Dhammika Alahapperuma, along with invited guests, medical professionals, artists, and civil society representatives.

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The Government will ensure that Grade 6 students will not face any injustice - Prime Minister Dr. Harini Amarasuriya

The decision has been finalized regarding the disputed module, and the Government has not incurred any loss due to the printing of modules

Prime Minister Dr. Harini Amarasuriya stated that the Government will ensure that Grade 6 students are not subjected to any injustice, that a decision has already been taken regarding the disputed module, and that no financial loss has been incurred by the Government as a result of printing the modules.

The Prime Minister made these remarks February 03 in Parliament while responding to a question raised by the Opposition regarding the printing of textbooks and modules.

Elaborating further, Prime Minister and Minister of Education, Higher Education and Vocational Education, Dr. Harini Amarasuriya stated that from 2020 to 2022 there was no data system in place for ordering textbooks. Orders were obtained through order lists provided by schools. The remaining stocks of textbooks in schools and other institutions had not been calculated or documented. As a result, it had not been possible to determine the remaining quantities or their financial value.

From the year 2023 to 2025, textbook ordering has been carried out through a data system, enabling proper calculations. At the beginning of each year, data on the textbooks required for the following year are collected through this system. Based on this data system and the remaining stock, textbooks are printed as required for sales purposes and for use in emergency situations.

The procurement process takes into account the time required for printing and distributing textbooks. Textbook printing is carried out jointly by the public and private sectors, based on assessed needs. Distribution of textbooks is carried out promptly as printed books are received at warehouses.

Textbooks and modules are two different items. The printed textbooks have already been distributed. In line with the proposed education reforms, modules were printed for the first term of Grade 6. Not all of these modules have been withdrawn. It is proposed to implement the new education reforms for Grade 6 in 2027, and accordingly, plans are in place to use the relevant modules.

Decisions have been taken regarding the course of action to be followed in relation to the module that raised concerns. However, the modules have not been withdrawn. No decisions have been taken that would result in a loss to the Government. The required textbooks for Grade 6 students will be distributed in February.

The Prime Minister further emphasized that the Government will ensure that Grade 6 students are not subjected to any form of injustice.

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Members of the National Student Parliament Met with the Prime Minister

Members of the National Student Parliament met with Prime Minister Dr. Harini Amarasuriya on the 02nd of February at Temple Trees.

The representatives of the National Student Parliament, representing schools from across the island, visited the Temple Trees following the visit to Presidential Secretariat and the Parliament.

The student parliamentarians stated that the new education reforms are a matter that directly affects them as students, and that innovative approach introduced through education reforms is important when moving forward in line with the new technological world. They further emphasized that they stand in support of the education reforms.

Expressing her views on the occasion, Prime Minister Dr. Harini Amarasuriya stated,

The new education reforms were recently initiated starting from Grade One. Discussions are currently underway to include students entering Grade Six this year into the new education reform process in the future. The education reforms will not be halted, and the government is committed to implementing them in a systematic manner without shortcomings. She further noted that the reforms are being carried out under five main pillars, with the government’s key objective being to reduce disparities and provide children with quality education, while also nurturing a socially responsible community enriched with human values such as compassion, love for the environment, and a strong sense of civic responsibility.

The occasion was attended by the Deputy Director of Education Mr. Kasun Gunarathne, along with officials from the Ministry of Education and representatives of the National Student Parliament.

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The Prime Minister participated in the FICAC South Asia Regional Conference Colombo Sri Lanka

The Prime Minister Dr. Harini Amarasuriya participated in the South Asia Regional Conference of the World Federation of Consuls (FICAC) 2026 held on 2nd of February at the Cinnamon Life, Colombo. The conference is hosted by the Association of Consuls in Sri Lanka and the World Federation of Consuls. The conference held from 1st to 4th of February, brings together diplomats, business leaders, and policymakers to strengthen regional cooperation and explore new avenues for sustainable development across South Asia.

Addressing the event, the Prime Minister noted that selection of Sri Lanka as the venue for this conference holds particular significance at a time when the Government is working closely with international partners to position Sri Lanka as a credible and reliable region.

The Prime Minister also drew attention to Sri Lanka’s vulnerability against climate change, citing the recent impact of Cyclone Ditwah, and commended the support extended to Sri Lanka by the international partners. The Prime Minister emphasized that climate change requires global cooperation, shared responsibility, and innovative solutions.

She further highlighted ongoing efforts to improve public sector efficiency, transparency, and accountability, promote national unity and respect for diversity, and advance digital governance to enhance service delivery and public trust.

The Prime Minister stated,

The Government of Sri Lanka is committed to addressing economic, social, and environmental challenges through a clear policy framework. Our focus is on economic stability through fiscal discipline, sustainable debt management, and reforms that enhance productivity and growth. At the same time, we are strengthening social welfare programs to support the most vulnerable.

Addressing at the event, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Employment and Tourism MP Vijitha Herath also stated that, the government is committed to recognizing Sri Lanka as a sustainable tourism hotspot in the global platform while positioning Sri Lanka as a stable and reliable international partner.

The event was attended by the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Employment Mr. Arun Hemachandra, FICAC President Nikolaos K. Margaropoulos, President of the Association of Consuls in Sri Lanka Mr.Mahen Kariyawasam and Diplomatic corps.

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