ශ්‍රී ලංකාව වෙනුවෙන් නව පත්වීම් ලැබූ මහකොමසාරිස්වරුන්, කොමසාරිස්වරුන් සහ තානාපතිවරුන් මැයි 19 වැනිදා අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය කාර්යාලයේදී අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය ආචාර්ය හරිනි අමරසූරිය හමුවිය.

⁣ඉන්දියාව සඳහා පී.එම්. කොලොන්නේ, නිව්යෝර්ක් සඳහා හිටපු ශ්‍රේෂ්ඨාධිකරණ විනිසුරු ජයන්ත ජයසූරිය, කියුබාව සඳහා ආර්. එම්. මහින්දදාස රත්නායක, පාකිස්ථානය වෙනුවෙන් විශ්‍රාමික රියර් අද්මිරාල් ෆ්රෙඩ් සෙනෙවිරත්න, ජපානය සඳහා මහාචාර්ය පී. ජානක කුමාරසිංහ, එක්සත් අරාබි එමීර් රාජ්‍ය සඳහා මහාචාර්ය අරූෂා කුරේ, එක්සත් රාජධානිය සඳහා එස්. ඩී. එන්. යූ. සේනාධිර යන මහත්ම මහත්මීන් මහකොමසාරිස්වරුන් , කොමසාරිස්වරුන් සහ තානාපතිවරුන් ලෙස ඉදිරියේදී පිටත්ව යාමට නියමිතය.

නව තානාපතිවරුන් සහ කොමසාරිස්වරුන් සිය ධූරකාලය තුළ ශ්‍රී ලංකාව වෙනුවෙන් ක්‍රියාත්මක කිරීමට බලාපොරොත්තුවන කරුණු පිළිබඳව මෙහිදී අග්‍රාමාත්‍යවරිය දැනුවත් කිරීමටද කටයුතු කළ අතර අග්‍රාමාත්‍යතුමිය එහිදී සිය සුභ පැතුම් පළ කළාය.

මෙම අවස්ථාවට අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය ලේකම් ප්‍රදීප් සපුතන්ත්‍රි, විදේශ කටයුතු අමාත්‍යංශයේ මානව සම්පත් සහ මෙහෙයුම් කළමනාකරණය පිලිබඳ අධ්‍යක්ෂ ජනරාල් සුමිත් දසනායක යන මහත්වරුන් ඇතුළු පිරිසක් සහභාගී වූහ.

අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය මාධ්‍ය අංශය

Prime Minister Dr. Harini Amarasuriya attended the finale of the inter-school knockout rugby tournament for the President’s Trophy between Isipathana College, Colombo and Trinity College, Kandy, held today (18 May) at the Royal College Sports Complex in Colombo.

Isipathana College, which holds the record for the highest number of President’s Trophy championship, successfully qualified for the final after defeating Royal College, Colombo with a score of 24–17 in the semi-finals held last week recording the 29th appearance in the finals, and once again secured the victory in this year’s championship.

The event was attended by Additional Secretary to the Ministry of Education, Amal Edirisuriya, Director General of Sports, Shemal Fernando, Principal of Trinity College, Araliya Jayasundara, Principal of Isipathana College, Oshan Panditharathna, Group Executive of Dialog Axiata PLC, Supun Weerasinghe, and the company’s Group Manager for Branding and Media, Harsha Samaranayake along with the Chairman, Secretary, and officials of the Schools Rugby Association, and a large number of rugby enthusiasts.

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In line with the Vesak full moon Poya day, the annual Police Bhakti Gee programme titled “Honoring the Virtues Companionship” organized by the Sri Lanka Police Buddhist and Religious Affairs Association was held on May 17 at the Police Headquarters under the patronage of Prime Minister Dr. Harini Amarasuriya.

Music for the Vesak Bhakti Gee recital was provided by the Western Band of Sri Lanka Police, along with the vocal contribution by several renowned vocal artists from across the country and police officers.

The event was attended by the High Commissioners of India and Nepal, the Deputy Ambassador of Japan, Minister of Public Security, Ananda Wijepala; Governor to the Western Province, Haniff Yusuf; Acting Inspector General of Police, Priyantha Weerasuriya, Senior Deputy Inspector General of Administration, Lalith Pathinayake, and a number of Inspectors General of Police.

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Her Excellency. (Ms.) Nina P. Cainglet, Ambassador of the Philippines to Sri Lanka based in Dhaka, paid a courtesy call on Prime Minister Dr. Harini Amarasuriya at the Prime Minister’s Office on May 16, 2025.

The Prime Minister welcomed Ambassador Cainglet and extended her congratulations on the new appointment. The discussion focused on expanding cooperation in trade and tourism, with both sides expressing their commitment to exploring new opportunities in these key sectors. The meeting also addressed consular matters relating to the Filipino community in Sri Lanka. In this regard, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs assured continued dialogue and necessary support on relevant issues.

The meeting was attended by Ms. Judienne Capiz, Vice Consul of the Embassy of the Philippines in Dhaka. Representing Sri Lanka were Mr. Pradeep Saputhanthri, Secretary to the Prime Minister; Ms. Sagarika Bogahawatta, Additional Secretary to the Prime Minister; Ms. S.S. Premawardhane, Additional Secretary, Bilateral Political Affairs (East); and Mr. M.R. Keegel, Deputy Director, Southeast Asia & Central Asia Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

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Her Excellency (Ms.) Rath Many, Ambassador of Cambodia to Sri Lanka based in New Delhi, paid a courtesy call on Prime Minister Dr. Harini Amarasuriya at the Prime Minister’s Office on May 16.

The Prime Minister welcomed Ambassador Rath Many and extended her best wishes for a successful tenure. Ambassador Rath Many proposed a bilateral agreement to establish direct air connectivity between the two countries, highlighting its potential to strengthen trade, tourism, and people-to-people ties. The Prime Minister emphasized Sri Lanka’s interest in promoting itself as a preferred destination for Cambodian travelers while exploring avenues to expand bilateral trade and tourism partnerships.

The meeting was also attended by Mr. Pradeep Saputhanthri, Secretary to the Prime Minister; Ms. Sagarika Bogahawatta, Additional Secretary to the Prime Minister; Ms. S.S. Premawardhane, Additional Secretary, Bilateral Political Affairs (East); and Mr. M.R. Keegel, Deputy Director, Southeast Asia & Central Asia Division at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

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Prime Minister Dr. Harini Amarasuriya participated in the Vajra Jayanti celebration of the Sirirathnajothi Pirivena Educational Institute in Urupola, Matara, held on May 16. Addressing the event, the Prime Minister stated that the main expectations of the present government includes nurturing a future generation that is humanitarian, environmentally conscious, respectful of Sri Lanka’s cultural diversity, and enriched with scholarly knowledge.

The Prime Minister further emphasized that the vision of government to a new renaissance era extends across all sectors including politics, the economy, religion, education, and culture and that the government aims to correctly identify and address the current crises within the piriven education system through proper intervention.

A museum commemorating the late Most Venerable Rajakeeya Panditha Kamburupitiye Vanarathana Nayake Thero was declared open under the patronage of the Prime Minister and, a scholarly publication of “Ruwando” launched in conjunction with the anniversary, was also presented to the Prime Minister by Venerable Gonadeniye Tapassi Thero, the Deputy Registrar of the Sri Rohana Sangha Council.

The event was graced by Chief Prelate of the Sri Rohana Chapter of the Shyamopali Vanawasa Maha Nikaya, Venerable Agalakada Piyasee Thero, Senior Professor of the Department of Buddhist and Pali Studies, Professor Aggamahapandita Kotapitiye Rahula Thero, University of Peradeniya; Minister of Women and Children’s Affairs Saroja Paulraj; and Southern Province Governor M. K. Bandula Harischandra.

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