වප් පොහෝ දින ධර්ම දේශකයාණන් වහන්සේ වැලිගම අග්‍රබෝධි රජමහා විහාරාධිපති රුහුණු විශ්වවිද්‍යාලයේ සම්මානිත මහාචාර්ය දක්ෂිණ ලංකාවේ ප්‍රධාන අධිකරණ සංඝනායක පූජ්‍ය මිදිගම සෝරත නාහිමිපාණෝ. MORE >>
Those who were present included Minister Susil Premajayantha, State Minister Ranjith Siyambalapitiya, MPs Lakshman Kiriella, Gayantha Karunathilake, M A Sumanthiran, Rauf Hakeem, Eran Wickremaratne, Harsha de Silva, C V Wigneshwaran, Yadamini Gunawardena, Kavinda Jayawardane, past principals, current principal and staff and students. MORE >>
Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena instructed the government officials to appoint the multi-purpose development assistants who have not yet been appointed to the relevant institutions before 15th of November.
A discussion was held on the performance and expediting the process of appointments of the Multipurpose Development Task Force Department today (25.10.2023) at the Prime Minister’s Office under the patronage of Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena.
In this discussion, the attention was paid to the steps taken so far by the official committee appointed by the Cabinet to review the government recruitment process.
At present, instructions have been given to appoint multi-purpose development MORE >>
Vice President of China Foundation for Rural Development Liu Wenkui said his Foundation would assist Sri Lanka’s poverty alleviation programme. He gave this assurance when he called on Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena at the Prime Minister’s Office in Colombo today (October 25).
The Prime Minister said China’s success in eradication of poverty, rural upliftment and ensuring food security has been exemplary. “I thank China for magnanimous contributions to the efforts of my country as well as other developing nations towards achieving food security,” he said.
He expressed appreciation to President Xi Jinping for the offer of continuous support to Sri Lanka during President Ranil Wickremesinghe& MORE >>
Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena held a discussion with Dr Krihsnamurthy Subramanian, Executive Director of International Monetary Fund (IMF) at the Temple Trees in Colombo today (October 23).
Dr Subramanium briefed the progress of the agreed programme and sought advice of the Prime Minister about the required assistance for the government’s mid-term as well as long term plans for economic progress.
The Prime Minister briefed the IMF Executive Director about the measures taken and explained the progress of the welfare scheme under which the monetary assistance to the weaker segment of the society have been directly deposited to bank accounts.
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The Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena mentioned that the lands offered to the Maha Sangha by kings, nurtured the citizens and nourished a noble civilization. He said this on 2023.10.22,during the ceremony of conferring the Sri Sannas Patra on the title of Chief Judicial Sanghanayake of the Western Province of Udarata Amarapura Maha Nikaya to Kaleliya Vebadamulla Sri Sudharmaramapathi, Saddhamma Keerthi, Jina Sasana Sobhana Saddhananda, Sasana Siri Vamsalankara, Vichitta Bhanaka, Sasana Keerthi, Sri Saddharma Vagiswara, Shastrapati, Rajakeeya Pandita, Tripitakacharya, Venerable Rupaha Sorathabhidhana Nayake Thera held at the Meerigama- Mallehawa.
Speaking on this occasion the Prime Minister stated that –
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හෙළ කලා කෙත අස්වද්දන්නට අනුපමේය මෙහෙවරක් කළ ප්‍රතිභාපූර්ණ නර්තන ශිල්පී රැජිනි සෙල්වනායගම් මහත්මියගේ අභාවය සංවේගයට කරුණකි.
නර්තන ක්ෂේත්‍රය අර්තාන්විත පරාසයකට ගෙන යාමට ඇයට හැකිවිය.
ඇයගෙන් පෝෂිත වූ සිසු පිරිස දෙලක්ෂයකට ආසන්න ය. නර්තනාචාර්‍යවරු රැසක් ඒ අතරින් ක්ෂේත්‍රය MORE >>
High level delegation headed by Yunnan Provincial Federation of Industry & Commerce Chairman Gao Feng, who is also CPPCC Vice Chairman held discussion with Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena on follow up plans on trade and investment proposals emanated during the Prime Minister’s visit to Yunnan two months ago at the Temple Trees on October 20.
“There are many similarities between Sri Lanka and Yunnan and we are keen to establish close cooperation with Sri Lanka, a very special friend of China,” Gao Feng said.
During the meeting, the high-level delegation of Chambers of Commerce and Industry and leading entrepreneurs of Yunnan held a detailed discussion on how to enhance trade and investment between Y MORE >>
Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena said today’s imperative need is for innovative, out-of-box solutions in engineering and technological sectors. Opening the techno2023, Industrial and Technological Exhibition at BMICH today (October 20), he said engineers and technocrats should not confine to theories of their study syllabuses, but come up with creative solutions to multitude of economic challenges faced by the country.
He praised the Institute of Engineers of Sri Lanka (IESL) for organizing techno2023 under theme, ’Engineering for Regaining the Economy’ to showcase the potential of engineering technologies in helping the country to revive the economy and achieve the objective of overcoming the unprecedented MORE >>
The first female Chair of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), Maria Fernanda Garza called on Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena at the Temple Trees today (October 19).
During the meeting they discussed the role of ICC in Sri Lanka that includes arbitration in trade and investment, banking, insurance, training and education, finance, tourism, agriculture, SME support and entrepreneurship development.
The Prime Minister briefed her on the government priorities that include food security and exports. Ms Garza said that ICC represents 170 countries with a corporate membership of 45 million companies. She said that the Agriculture Policy and Food Safety and Supply Chain Committee of ICC, launched in 2021, ai MORE >>
A discussion of the party leaders representing the Parliament was held on 18.10.2023 at the Parliament Complex under the chairmanship of Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena regarding the proposals submitted to the cabinet for the introduction of a mixed voting system and amendments to deposits furnished by candidates in the parliamentary elections.
The Minister of Justice, Prison Affairs and Constitutional Reforms, Dr. Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe, who submitted the proposals relevant to the Constitutional amendments, Sagara Kariyavasam, Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP), Sisira Jayakody, Mahajana Eksath Peramuna (MEP) Mahinda Amaraweera, Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP), A.L.M. Athaullah, National Congress (NC), S. Chandrakanthan, MORE >>
800 schools have already been closed ..
Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena says that instead of closing schools, education officials should focus deeply on protecting and preserving schools.
The Prime Minister expressed these views today (16.10.2023) at the inauguration of the new Matika Mata Uphara building at Wellawatta Vaishaka Vidyalaya affiliated to Lindsey Girls’ College, Colombo.
This Vaishaka College, which was started in 1935 with the donation of philanthropist E.S. Fernando, was proposed to close down in year 2016, and it was revived and affiliated with Lindsey Girls’ College, Bambalapitiya with the intervention of the current “Dasasil Mata, Matika Mata” who was then know MORE >>
The concerned officers of the Urban Development Authority should prepare urban development plans without inconveniencing the public, and their job is not to deal in land transactions, says Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena. He said this when the Maharagama Prafesheeua Coordination Committee met under the chairmanship of Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena today (12.10.2023). The Prime Minister emphasized that the Urban Development Authority should prioritize public convenience and development in preparing city plans.
It is the responsibility of the Urban Development Authority to submit proper plans for areas where schools, hospitals, temples and residential houses are built. The Prime Minister instructed the Urban Development A MORE >>
He was accompanied by senior Thai delegation including Ms. Sakuna Saranan, MP, Mr. Cherdchai Chaivaivid, Director General, Department of International Economic Affairs Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Thailand and Ms. Auramon Supthaweethum, Director General of Trade Negotiations Dep. MP Yadamini Gunawardena was also present on this occasion.
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Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena proposed setting up of a Joint Economic Council with United Arab Emirates to promote trade and investment cooperation between the two countries. This proposal was made when UAE Minister of State of Economic & Trade Affairs of the Foreign Ministry Ahmed bin Ali Sayegh called on him at the Temple Trees in Colombo on October 11.
The UAE Minister agreed that official negotiations should be commenced soon for finalizing Cooperation of Economic Partnership Agreement for enhancing economic ties as there is immense potential in trade, energy, hospitality and tourism spheres as well as for increasing investments in renewable energy projects in Sri Lanka.
The Prime Minister said UAE has MORE >>
Approvals were granted to speedily implement the proposal presented by the President to establish a museum that would expand the archaeological and historical importance of Sitawaka.
It was also decided to implement the first phase of the fast-track program of providing “Swarna Bhumi” Deeds through the Western Provincial Council’s land management information system eSLIMS.
Former President of Seethawaka Pradeshiya Sabha, Jayantha Rohana , Avissawella Organizer of Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna, lawyer Ravindra Jayasinghe, and the representatives of the public, Divisional Secretary of Seethawaka Ms. K. S. Dilhani and other government officials participated in this event.
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The members of Board of Governors of Asian Development Bank held detailed discussion with Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena on Sri Lanka’s financial requirements for projects for the next 5 years at the Temple Trees in Colombo on October 10.
Expressing satisfaction over Sri Lanka’s quick stabilization of the economy after the last year’s crisis, they said the ADB would favourably respond to proposed new projects on digitalization and IT, public transport, human resource development and education, water and small and medium enterprises development.
They also praised the efforts of the government to provide social security support to vulnerable groups in the society.
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The awarding of appointment letters of grade 3 management service for 447 applicants who passed the management service examination has taken place today (10.10.2023) at the Temple Trees under the patronage of Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena.
The appointments were granted to those who passed the Management Service Examination according to the recommendations of the Recruitment Review Committee, the decisions of the Cabinet and the approval of the Public Service Commission.
The Ministry of Public Administration, Home Affairs, Provincial Councils and Local Government has awarded the appointments of Management Service under three phases and these appointments have been awarded under the third phase.
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