Seeks Prime Minister’s assistance for speedy recruitment
A leading transport service in Lithuania plans to recruit 600 truck drivers for its trans-Europe services and sought Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena’s intervention for speedy training process for selected drivers.

This request was made by Dana Janerikaite, Senior Director of Manvesta in Lithuania who called on Prime Minister Gunawardena at the Temple Trees on February 13. She said the company plans to recruit 600 truck drivers but could select only 109 persons with good driving skills and basic English knowledge.

“We pay a monthly salary of SL Rs one million to work in our trans-Europe truck services. We have contracts for transpo மேலும் >>

In the presence of Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena, Ambassador of Japan Mizukoshi Hideaki planted a Ruk sapling at Sithawaka Wet Zone Botanic Garden to mark Sri Lanka’s 75th Independence anniversary and to commemorate 70th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Japan and Sri Lanka. MP Yadamini Gunawardena, Japanese Embassy officials and Hiroyuki Shimotori, Director Shimokikaku co, Ltd, who established Japanese Language Center in Sithawaka were also present on this occasion. மேலும் >>

Free Japanese language and culture education to youths
Mathsuri Japanese Language Center in Sithawaka opened by Prime Minister Dinesh Guunawardena and Ambassador of Japan Mizukoshi Hideaki at Sithawaka in Avissawella on Saturday (11).

Mr Hiroyuki Shimotori, Director Shimokikaku co, Ltd. In Japan has established this Center to educate youths in Japanese language and culture to youths free of charge. He also assured that qualified youths would be provided employment in Japan.

Prime Minister Gunawardena expressed confidence that this Center would be highly beneficial to the youths of the entire district. He thanked the Japanese Ambassador, Mr Hiroyuki Shimotori for their initiatives to set up this Center in மேலும் >>

Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena held a special discussion regarding the provision of humanitarian aid for the earthquake-affected people in Turkey and Syria. On the instructions of President Ranil Wickremesinghe, the meeting was held at the Temple Trees on 09.02.2023 to discuss early assistance to earthquake victims. The provision of essential requirements including manpower resources by government institutions, non-government institutions, and the private sector was discussed at the occasion. It was planned to provide a medical and engi மேலும் >>

අග්‍රාමාත්‍යවරයා මේ බව සඳහන් කළේ 2023.02.08 දින කොළඹ ටාජ් සමුද්‍රා හෝටලයේ දී ඉන්දියානු අලෙවි නියෝජිතවරුන් පන්සියය පනස් දෙනෙකුගේ සහභාගිත්වයෙන් පැවැති tata steel සහ tata tiscon ගනුදෙනුකරුවන්ගේ වාර්ෂික සමුළුවේ සමාරම්භක අවස්ථාවට එක්වෙමිනි.

ඉන්දියානු සාගරය හරහා වැටී ඇති ගෝලීය මුහුදු වෙළෙඳ මාර්� மேலும் >>

Chair of the Global Green Growth Council, former Secretary General of the United Nations, Ban Ki-moon met Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena at the Temple Trees today (07).

Mr. Ban Ki-moon said that he is satisfied with Sri Lanka’s initiatives in environment-friendly programmes and will support the country’s renewable energy sector, public transport sector, electricity generation projects and street lights systems powered by solar energy.

The Prime Minister submitted the new energy plan to be implemented within the next ten years in Sri Lanka to Mr. Ban Ki-moon at the occasion.

Ministers Ali Sabri, Bandula Gunawardena, Nasir Ahmed, Yadamini Gunawardena MP, Secretary to the Prime Minist மேலும் >>

Foreign Minister of Maldives Abdulla Shahid and State Minister for Foreign Affairs of Pakistan Hina Rabbani Khar called on Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena separately at the Temple Trees in Colombo during their visit to represent their countries at the 75th Independence Anniversary celebrations. They discussed whole range of areas of bilateral relations and corporation and exchanged views on regional and international affairs during the discussions.

Prime Minister Gunawardena thanked the Ministers for their visit and said that such high level exchanges would result in further strengthening of bilateral relations and regional cooperation.

Maldivian Foreign Minister said the two countries could enhance cooperati மேலும் >>

Bhutan Minister of Education and Skills Development Jai Bir Rai called
on Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena at the Temple Trees today (6)
and held detailed discussion on bilateral relations, potential for
investments and regional issues.

The Prime Minister referred to historic religious and cultural relations
between the two countries and said the efforts must be made to enhance
trade, investments and tourism.

Minister Jai Bir Rai thanked Sri Lanka for providing scholarships to
Bhutanese students to study medicine, engineers, information technology
and other courses of in premier universities. He also expressed willingness
to send Bhutanese teachers and ed மேலும் >>

1948 පෙබරවාරි මස 4 වැනි දින නිදහස ලැබීමෙන් පසුව එවකට අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය ඩී එස් සේනානායක මහතා මෙම විහාරස්ථානයට පැමිණ ආගමික වතාවත් සිදු කොට අඹ පැළයක් රෝපණය කොට තිබේ. එතැන් සිට මේ දක්වා සෑම වර්ෂයකම මෙම නිදහස් දින සැමරුම ජනාධිපතිවරුන්ගේ සහ අග්‍රාමාත්‍යවරුන්ගේ සහභාගිත්වයෙන් අඛණ්ඩව සිදු කර ඇත.
 மேலும் >>

වැල්ලවත්ත වෛශාඛ්‍යා බාලිකා විද්‍යාලයේ නව සිවුමහල් ගොඩනැගිල්ලක් සඳහා අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය දිනේෂ් ගුණවර්ධන මහතාගේ ප්‍රධානත්වයෙන් 2023.01.27 දින ඉඳි කිරීම් ආරම්භ විය.

වසර 60 ක් පුරා අඛණ්ඩව පවත්වාගෙන ආ මෙම පාසලේ අධ්‍යාපන කටයුතු වසර කිහිපයක සිට අඩාල වීම හේතුවෙන් පාසල වැසී යාමේ තර්ජනයකට මුහුණ � மேலும் >>

Foreign Ministers of Bangladesh and Nepal, Dr A.K. Abdul Momen and Dr Bimala Rai Paudyal respectively called on Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena at the Temple Trees during their visit to Sri Lanka to attend the 75th Independence Anniversary.

The two Ministers emphasize importance of regional cooperation in South Asia. They pointed out that the South Asian countries can learn from the experiences of each other and said the closer cooperation is hampered by the current deadlock in South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC).

Nepal Foreign Minister Dr Paudyal referred to historic religious and cultural relations between the two countries and said air connectivity which is limited to Colombo and Kathm மேலும் >>

Japanese State Minister for Foreign Affairs Takei Shunsuke called on Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena today (03) at the Temple Trees to discuss cooperation between the two countries and areas of possible future cooperation.

Mr Shunsuke, who has arrived in Colombo to participate at the 75th Independence Day celebrations, offered warm greetings to Sri Lanka on this important milestone. The Prime Minister thanked the State Minister for the Japanese long-standing assistance to Sri Lanka. Japan has provided US $ 3 million humanitarian assistance last year to procure essential medicines and food through UNICEF and the World Food Programme.

Premier Gunawardena briefed the Japanese Minister on the efforts made to face மேலும் >>

காலனித்துவ ஆட்சியிலிருந்து சுதந்திரம் பெற்ற மிக முக்கியமான மைல்கல்லைக் குறிக்கும் 75வது சுதந்திர தினத்தை இன்று நாம் கொண்டாடுகிறோம்.

எங்களில் பெரும்பாலானவர்கள் சுதந்திர இலங்கையில் பிறந்ததன் பாக்கியத்தை அங்கீகரிக்கின்ற வகையிலும், இந்த முக்கியமான மைற்கல்லை அடைந்திருப மேலும் >>

ஆங்கில மொழியில் Slave Island என அறியப்பட்ட கொம்பனித்தெரு என்ற பெயர், சிங்களம், தமிழ் மற்றும் ஆங்கில மொழிகளில் ‘கொம்பனித்தெரு’ எனப் பயன்படுத்துவதற்கு இயைபான வகையில் உரிய திருத்தங்களை மேற்கொள்வதற்கு உடனடியாக நடவடிக்கைகளை எடுக்குமாறு, பிரதமரின் செயலாளர் அநுர திசாநாயக்க அவர்கள் அரசா மேலும் >>

Prof C M Madduma Bandara presented a copy of his researched volume titled, ’FREEDOM STRUGGLES OF SRI LANKA; Lessons Learned and the Way Forward’ to Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena at te Prime Minister’s Office in Colombo today (31).

This book was completed on the occasion of the 200th anniversary of the Great Rebellion against British colonial rule in UvaWellassa in 1818 and shows how Sri Lanka which had been an independent government for over 2000 years, lost its independence due to the oppression by the imperialists. This book highlights a strong argument that compensation should be paid for the horrible crimes committed against humanity during that period.

Speaking at this occasion Prime Min மேலும் >>

රටේ වත්මන් ආර්ථික, සමාජීය තත්වයන් පිළිබඳ වෘත්තීය සමිති නියෝජිතයින් සමග 2023.01.30 දින අරලියගහ මන්දිරයේදී සාකච්ඡාවකට එක්වෙමින් අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය දිනේෂ් ගුණවර්ධන මහතා මේ බව සඳහන් කළේය.

මෙහිදී වැඩිදුරටත් අදහස් දැක් වූ අග්‍රාමාත්‍යවරයා..
වෘත්තීය සමිති වල අදහස් ගැඹුරින් සාකච්ඡා කරලා ඉද� மேலும் >>

Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena said the tourism industry is the one that can give strongest help to Sri Lankan economy and called on the stakeholders to take innovative steps for its growth. He said tourism can generate the vital foreign exchange to the country.

Speaking at the golden jubilee of the Blue Oceanic Beach Hotel of the Jetwing Hotels in Negombo, he stressed the need for the government to build a network of honorary consuls and representatives abroad to introduce and promote "Destination Sri Lanka" in in collaboration with the stakeholders of tourism industry and the hospitality sector. The services of honorary consuls will not incur any expenditure to Sri Lanka as there are many friends of Sri Lanka abroad who  மேலும் >>

பொருளாதாரத்தை மீட்டெடுக்கும் சீர்திருத்தங்களை விரைவுபடுத்துவதற்கும், கடினமான காலங்களில் வரி அதிகரிப்பை அமுல்படுத்துவதற்கும், இலங்கைத் தலைமைத்துவம் காட்டிய, அரசியல் முனைப்பு மிகவும் பாராட்டத்தக்கது என சர்வதேச நாணய நிதியத்தின் (IMF) நிறைவேற்றுப் பணிப்பாளர் கலாநிதி கிருஷ்ணம� மேலும் >>