Prime Minister of Sri Lanka

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If your challenging duty is not done well, it will be the beginning of many problems...

The Prime Minister made these comments at the meeting of rural registrars held at the Temple Trees today (28.06.2024).

The Prime Minister who further commented said that -

"You are fulfilling a huge responsibility for the survival and progress of human society. You may face problems when some long standing rules are changed. In such cases, the government has an obligation to resolve those issues through friendly negotiations. Even if you do a difficult and satisfying  MORE >>

There is a delay in implementing the primary section of the decentralized budget programme.

Prime Minister made these comments while participating in a special meeting held at the Ministry of Home Affairs on 27.06.2024 to review the progress of decentralized budget programme implemented throughout the island, special projects, Urumaya programme, and Kandukara Dashakaya programme.

The total number of projects in the decentralized budget programme is 33,362 and the allocated amount is 11,250 million Rupees. The total amount of money that has already been released for districts is 11,022 million Rupees and it is 97.98% as a percentage. The remaining allocations to be released is 227 million Rupees.

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Commonwealth Women in Local Government Network (ComWLG), partnering with Federation of Sri Lankan Local Government Authorities (FSLGA) held their South Asia Regional meeting at CEWAS at Rathmalana, under the topic of ’Reinforcing Social Resilience Through Women’s Political Representation’ from 25-27 June where Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena was the Chief Guest and keynote speaker.

A large number of distinguished guests and diplomats, especially women leaders from many Commonwealth nations including India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Maldives, Bahamas, Caribbean nations, African nations and Europe were present with many inline to make presentations and take part in sessions in the two day program and th MORE >>

Four new District Secretaries were appointed for Colombo, Kalutara, Jaffna, and Kilinochchi Districts.

Ginige Prasanna Janaka Kumara was appointed as the Colombo District Secretary, G.M. Janaka Gunawardena as the Kalutara District Secretary, M. Pradeepan as Jaffna District Secretary (Acting), and S. Muralidaran was appointed as Kilinochchi District Secretary (Acting).

Mr. Ginige Prasanna Janaka Kumara as the District Secretary of Colombo and Mr. GM Janaka Gunawardena as the Kalutara District Secretary have received appointment letters from Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena, Minister of Public Administration, Home Affairs, Provincial Councils and Local Government, today (25.06.2024) at the Ministry of Public Adm MORE >>

The Prime Minister mentioned this on 23.06.2024 at the occasion of handing over the newly built three-storied building at Ananda Vidyalaya, Kottawa, to the students.

The Prime Minister speaking at the event commented-

"Utilizing new knowledge and new technology is the most necessary challenge for the current generation of students. We must prepare for that challenge. Through that challenge, we want to strengthen the path that our children can take towards the future.

Ananda Vidyalaya, Kottawa should collect the necessary strength to transform itself into a major school in Kottawa with the desire to plan for the future as well as every achievement. That is the way we can lead to the progress. One  MORE >>

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Sermon on the Poson Poya Day was delivered by; Rajakeeya Panditha

Ven. Ambulugala Sumangala Thera, the monk-in-charge of rituals for sacred relics of agra shrawaka at Maha Bodhi Agra Shrawaka Maha Viharaya.

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Poson Poya Day that commemorates the arrival of Arhant Mihinda Thera, who brought pure Buddhism to Sri Lanka, is the most significant day for Sri Lankan Buddhists.

It was the beginning of an era in which the agricultural economy existed for thousands of years, promoting a pure religious philosophy within the nation redefined with the concept of tank, dagoba, village, and temple.

It was the period that not only religious, religious order, cultural, environmental and social values but also many new concepts were socialized.

The people of Sri Lanka can present themselves as one of the greatest nations in the world due to the quality of this great philosophy.

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The Prime Minister mentioned this today (20.06.2020) at the Bandaranaike Memorial International Conference Hall while attending the "Industry EXPO 2024".

The Prime Minister speaking at the event stated that -

"The most competitive field to be planned and researched to overcome our upcoming challenge is the industrial sector. For that, we should lead in this field with a big plan and goal.

Private sector industries, problems faced by people in the export sector, new industrialists and industrialists who are re-establishing existing industries have to be raised through financial problems. Economic progress and financial crisis is a huge problem faced by our country today. That is why the President  MORE >>

Neighbors are most important for us and there is tremendous goodwill in India for Sri Lanka – Indian External Affairs Minister

Indian Minister of External Affairs, Dr Subrahmanyam Jaishankar called on Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena at the Temple Trees today (June 20).

The Prime Minister congratulated Dr Jaishanker on the election victory of the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance and reassured Sri Lanka’s commitment to work together to further strengthen close bilateral relations. He thanked India for the assistance given at recent difficult times after Covid pandemic and the economic crisis.

Minister Jaishankar said the neighbours like Sri Lanka are extremely important to India and  MORE >>

Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena launched the Sri Lanka Ocean Forecast website at a special function held at the Temple Trees in Colombo today (June 18).

The University of Western Australia provided this ocean forecast website through a grant allocated by the Australian government.

The Prime Minister said that just as the weather forecast describing future atmospheric conditions such as air temperature, humidity, precipitation, wind etc., ocean forecast is also extremely important to an Island-nation like Sri Lanka. “As we heavily rely on the Indian Ocean for our economic activities, it is of paramount importance to obtain accurate forecast on ocean conditions in terms of wave motion, ocean current, temperat MORE >>

The Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna is the most powerful part of this government...

There have always been coalition governments in this country...

The Prime Minister made these comments in Kirillawala on 17.06.2024 while attending the conference organized by the Mahajana Eksath Peramuna Gampaha District Council under the title "The Future of the Country and Our Responsibility".

The Prime Minister addressed the gathering stating-

"We are coming together at a time when our country has overcome several critical moments and also after creating that confidence that we can win strongly in the future.Countries that created various economic models throughout the world have proved that no  MORE >>

We must collectively bear the responsibility of protecting urban wetlands..

The Prime Minister mentioned this today (2024.06.17) at the inaugural ceremony of the "Wetland Link International Asia Oceania Conference."

The first conference of the International Wetland Park Association for Australia, New Zealand and Asia is held in the vicinity of Battaramulla Diyasaru Park from 14th to 21st June.

The Prime Minister further commented at the event-

“This conference brings together around 100 wetland experts from over 15 countries to exchange knowledge and experience on wetland management on the theme “Wetlands and Wetland centres for Ecotourism”. This conference is of utmost impor MORE >>

Let us further foster the society with spiritual values.

Muslims from all over the world celebrate Hajj festival by performing their religious practices.

Gathering together and performing the rituals associated with their religion has been practiced since ancient times. The Islamic devotees also communicate the meaning of social coexistence by participating in the Hajj pilgrimage together. The main objective of Hajj festival is to live in harmony with equality.

Let us embrace in this Hajj festival to live in friendship and brotherhood, giving up insignificant differences by fostering the Sri Lankan society with the said spiritual values.


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Through this project which the Malwathu Oya is the water source, and which provides irrigation to 22,000 hectares of agricultural land to produces rice and additional crops, it is expected to generate 50 MW of electricity through the installation of solar panels in the Malwatu Oya Reservoir, and 1.6 MW of electricity is to be generated through the Malwathu Oya Small Hydropower System.

Ven. Thanthirimale Chandarathana Thera, Chief incumbent of Thanthirimale Rajamaha Viharaya, State Ministers Shehan Semasinghe and Ashoka Priyantha, MP S.M. Chandrasena, and Anuradhapura District Secretary Janaka Jayasundara participated in this event.

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The Prime Minister stated this on 15.06.2024 attending the event of distribution of egg incubators held at Kurunegala District Secretariat office.

Through an egg incubator, which is provided under the assistance of the Chinese government, direct income sources will be opened for five families and many families in the villages related to those families will get its indirect benefits. The objective of this program is to improve income generation, improve nutrition of families, improve general egg production in the country, and create a self-sufficient home garden at the household level, and creating rural entrepreneurs.

The Prime Minister commenting at the event stated that -

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Public servants’ responsibiliies should be fulfilled on behalf of the people.

The Prime Minister made these comments when the two storied building of Mahawilachchiya Divisional Secretariat office was vested with the public on 15.06.2024 at Pemaduwa.

The Prime Minister addressing the event commented that -

"As mentioned in our history, our history is fostered by the history that was bequeathed from these areas many centuries ago. It is the great civilization that was bequeathed from these areas that allowed our country to inherit an incomparable civilization compared with the world.

In a very difficult period, we had to take over the responsibility of the country. Various s MORE >>

Many decisions from the National Operations Room Committee to quicken the delivery of the benefits of the development projects to people ...

The National Operating Room Committee, chaired by the Secretary to the Prime Minister Mr. Anura Dissanayake, which met at Temple Trees recently, took many decisions to deliver the benefits of the development projects to the people as soon as possible.

The development projects in the infrastructure, public facilities projects and education sectors under the provisions of the Asian Development Bank were discussed at length. He also specifically discussed the delay in the construction of the Moragolla hydropower plant, which started as a solution to the rapidly increasing el MORE >>