Prime Minister of Sri Lanka

The 73rd anniversary celebration of the Sri Lanka China Friendship Association was held under the patronage of Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena on 21.09.2023 at The Temple Trees.

Addressing the gathering, Chinese Ambassador Qi Zhenhong said that the strong foundation laid by Philip-Kusuma Gunawardena couple in the 1940s for the China-Sri Lanka Friendship Association is most valuable.

Mrs. Kusuma Gunawardena was the first president of the Sri Lanka China Friendship Association, which was then known as the Ceylon Chinese Friendship Association. The Chinese ambassador further mentioned that while China is grateful for that, they should also be grateful to Mrs. Kusuma Gunawardena for giving birth to Mr. Dinesh Gun MORE >>

Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena, former President Maithripala Sirisena, Minister Mahinda Amaraweera, State Ministers Jagath Pushpakumara, Suren Raghavan, Kader Mastan, Members of Parliament Duminda Dissanayake, Jagath Kumara, former Governors Sarath Ekanayake, Tikiri Kobbekaduwa and many family members and guests attended the event.

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Outgoing Ambassador of Iran Hashem Ashjazadeh thanked Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena for continuously extending support to him during his diplomatic tenure to promote bilateral friendship and development cooperation.

The Ambassador, who paid a farewell call on the Prime Minister at the Temple Trees on Monday (September 18), recalled that during the challenging period of Covid pandemic and the global economic crisis he could count on the Prime Minister’s support when he was the Foreign Minister and later as the Premier.

The Prime Minister thanked Ambassador Hashem Ashjazadeh for his efforts to promote the friendship and cooperation between Iran and Sri Lanka during a difficult and challenging period. He pr MORE >>

Speaker of Bangladesh Parliament, Shirin Sharmin Chowdhury said upcoming BIMSTEC and IORA meetings will boost cooperation between the countries in the region. She referred to close cooperation between Bangladesh and Sri Lanka in international forums, and emphasized the need for further expansion of people-to-people ties between the two countries.

The Speaker said this when she called on Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena at the Temple Trees today (September 18).

She expressed appreciation over the rapid recovery made by Sri Lanka after the recent economic crisis. She said Sri Lanka has tremendous potential to expand tourism as she noticed that required infrastructure is in place already.

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Where are we, when a century has passed since universities around the world began to conduct research on Buddhism?

The Prime Minister made these comments while participating in the 159th birthday celebration of Anagarika Dharmapala held on September 17 at Mahabodhi Agrasrawaka Maha Viharaya, Maradana. There are no statues of Anagarika Dharmapala resembling him as a monk, but only those resembling him as a layman. Hence, a foundation stone was also laid on this occasion for a statue resembling him as a monk.

The Prime Minister made the following comments addressing the gathering –

“Anagarika Dharmapala was a true citizen of Ceylon who has gifted a great humanity to the world. He could go on s MORE >>

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Exams should be conducted on time and results should be given on time.

There are many human resources that have bequeathed by Vishakha, which brought pride to the nation.

The Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena announced that exams should be conducted on time and results should be given on time. It will lead to receive graduation one year earlier. Moreover Vishakha has bequeathed many human resources which brought pride to the nation. He expressed these views on 15.09.2023 while attending the prize giving ceremony of Vishakha Vidyalaya.

Speaking on the occasion the Prime Minister stated that.

Vishakha Vidyalaya which has begun as the Buddhist Ladies’ College,added great exempl MORE >>

“Although certain shortcomings were existed, everyone should get together regardless of party or colour to reconstruct the country.” - MP Patali Champika Ranawaka

Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena pointed out that Construction permitted by local government institutes must be directed according to the development plan. He said this at the District Secretary Conference which was held on 15.09.2023 at the State Ministry of Home Affairs under the patronage of Prime Minister.

Speaking on this occasion the Prime Minister stated that

“Billions of funds were allocated by the monitory commission for development work. Clear guidelines have been given to contact the district secretaries and the gover MORE >>

Minister of Labour & Employment of Republic of Korea, Lee Jungsik said Korea has doubled the recruitment of Sri Lankan employees this year and it will be further increased by giving more opportunities to skilled workers with knowledge of Korean Language.

He said this when he called on Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena at the Temple Trees on September 14 with a delegation of senior officials and Korean Ambassador Lee Miyon.

The Prime Minister thanked Korean Government for generous development assistance for several sectors including health, agriculture, education and Information Technology. Thanking the Minister for his plan to recruit more Sri Lankan workers, the Prime Minister urged further assistance for yout MORE >>

The Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena said that Provincial Council and local government laws should change on par with the time. He said this today (2023.09.14) while attending the progress review of the Ministry of Provincial Councils and Local Government.

Speaking on this occasion the Prime Minister stated that –

There is a strong objection from the people that solid waste management is not being done properly in the Western Province, especially in Gampaha and Colombo districts a vast amount of garbage is accumulated daily. The garbage problem in the Western Province has been identified in the Mega Polis Plan. Meethotamulla garbage dump collapsed. Still no proper measures have been taken for waste managemen MORE >>

Members of the Sri Lanka India Society comprising of Indian CEOs assured to promote further Indian investments as the time is ripe for expanding collaboration in several sectors. They stated this when they called on Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena at the Temple Trees today (September 13) to discuss ways and means of expanding bilateral economic ties including trade and investment.

The Prime Minister, pointing out the growth in government-to-government development cooperation, thanked the Indian CEOS for their efforts to promote private sector Indian investments.

Kishore Reddy, Managing Director, Platinum Realty Investments and President, Sri Lanka India Society said there is enormous potential for investments MORE >>

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Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena discussed the possibility of early resumption of the Lower Malwathuoya hydro-solar-electricity-irrigation project as a Public-Private-Partnership Project with foreign investments.

The Chinese investors who built the Yan Oya Dam called on the Prime Minister at the Temple Trees today (September 11) to discuss the Prime Minister’s proposal to install solar panels on Yan Oya resorvir as well as the proposed Malwathu Oya reservoir to generate 100 megawatt electricity and irrigate 22,000 hectares of land in Anuradhapura and Trincoamelee districts.

The Chinse investment team headed by Senior Business Manager Andrew Yang said Yan Oya reservoir could be used as a mega solar power  MORE >>

දේශීය වෛද්‍ය රාජ්‍ය අමාත්‍ය සිසිර ජයකොඩි මහතා ගේ ආරාධනයෙන්,

අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය දිනේෂ් ගුණවර්ධන මහතාගේ ප්‍රධානත්වයෙන් අද (2023.09.08) බණ්ඩාරනායක සම්මන්ත්‍රණ ශාලාවේ දී ආරම්භ කෙරිණි.

අමාත්‍ය මහින්ද අමරවීර, රාජ්‍ය අමාත්‍යවරුන් වන අරවින්ද කුමාර්, ඩී. බී. හේරත්, පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්‍රීවරු� MORE >>

සමුපකාරය ශක්තිමත් කිරීම ආර්ථික අර්බුදයට විසදුමක්...

ග්‍රාමීය නිෂ්පාදන නැංවීමට සමුපකාරයේ මැදිහත් වීම අවශ්‍යයි...

අග්‍රාමාත්‍යවරයා මේ බව සඳහන් කළේ 2023.09.08 දින කොල්ලුපිටිය සමුපකාර මන්දිරයේ පැවැති, නීති නියෝජිත හා ලේකම් පරිචය පිළිබද ඩිප්ලෝමා ප්‍රධානෝත්සවය අමතමිනි.

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British High Commissioner Andrew Patrick called on Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena at the Temple Trees on September 7 to exchange views on bilateral ties and development cooperation between Sri Lanka and the United Kingdom.

The High Commissioner expressed his firm commitment to further enhance bilateral ties and development cooperation between the two countries.

The Prime Minister urged the United Kingdom to explore possibility of initiating new investment projects with the participation of the private sector. He added that Sri Lanka encourages UK investment in sectors such as education, banking and financial services, pharmaceuticals, hospitality and tourism.

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The Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena expressed the opinion that the Colombo Municipal Council must use its powerful legal powers to prevent pollution of the environment in order to keep the water and lakes clean in Colombo. He said this at the inauguration of the new project of cleaning Beira Lake using modern technology of Japan, which was started on 09.07.2023 under the leadership of Prime Minister.

Speaking on this occasion the Prime Minister stated that –

Based on the mutual friendship between Sri Lanka and Japan, it is important to get together in contributing the development knowledge that Japan has acquired over the years for the development of our country. The support provided by Japanese institution MORE >>

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