Prime Minister's Office

The Prime Minister's Office carries out official duties of the Prime Minister of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka and provides necessary guidance, coordination facilities and leadership to achieve economic and social development goals in accordance with the government policies.

Moreover, the Prime Minister’s Office provides necessary leadership and guidance to fulfill the aspirations of people while standing by the side of them in the hour of need with great enthusiasm and commitment. It provides regular assistance in policy making and also necessary contribution, guidance and coordination through a people centered approach to achieve Sustainable Development Goals (SDG). It plays a crucial role in maintaining diplomatic relationships and international relations, through facilitating negotiations, conducting high level diplomacy with foreign leaders, countries, states and representatives and coordinating the efforts of various government agencies and departments involved in foreign affairs.

Vision

“An independent, sovereign and prosperous Sri Lanka”

Mission

“To provide the necessary leadership for an excellent government mechanism with good governance, maintaining an effective coordination between States, Foreign missions, United Nations and Non-Governmental institutions in order to realize the aspirations of the Sri Lankans and improve their quality of life”

සමාජයට නිවැරදි මඟ පෙන්වන, ජාතික සමගිය ඇතිකරන ස්ථාන බවට ආගමික ස්ථාන පත් කිරීමට අවශ්‍ය ඕනෑම සහයෝගයක් ලබාදෙන්න රජයක් ලෙස අප සූදානම් - අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය ආචාර්ය හරිනි අමරසූරිය

විහාරස්ථාන ඇතුළු සියලු ආගමික ස්ථාන ආගමික කටයුතු පමණක් නොව, සාරධර්ම වර්ධනය කරන, සමාජයට නිවැරදි මඟ පෙන්වන, ජාතික සමගිය ඇතිකරන ස්ථාන බවට පත්කිරීමට අවශ්‍යකරන ඕනෑම සහයෝගයක් ලබාදීම සදහා රජය සූදානම් බව අධ්‍යාපන, උසස් අධ්‍යාපන සහ වෘත්තීය අධ්‍යාපන අමාත්‍ය අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය ආචාර්ය හරිනි අමරසූරිය ප්‍රකාශ කළාය.

වාද්දුව පොහොද්දරමුල්ල ශ්‍රී ලංකා රාමඤ්ඤ මහා නිකායික මහිගර්ජනාරාම විහාරස්ථානයේ අභිනවයෙන් ඉදිකරන ලද චෛත්‍ය රාජයාණන් වහන්සේගේ කොත නිරාවරණය සහ නව සංඝාවාසය විවෘත කිරීමේ මහෝත්සවට සහභාගී වෙමින් අද (26) අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය ආචාර්ය හරිනි අමරසූරිය මේ බව ප්‍රකාශකර සිටියාය.

කොත නිරාවරණයට පෙර වැඩමවා සිටි ඇඹිලිපිටිය ශ්‍රී බෝධිරාජ ධර්මායතනාධිපති දක්ෂිණ ලංකාවේ ප්‍රධාන සංඝනායක සිංගප්පූරුව මැලේසියාව බෝධිරාජ මධ්‍යස්ථානයන්හි අධිපති ආචාර්ය පූජ්‍ය ඕමල්පේ සෝභිත ස්වාමීන් වහන්සේ ඇතුළු නායක හිමිපානන් වහන්සේලා බැහැ දුටු අග්‍රාමාත්‍යතුමිය, පාරිසරික පාරිශුද්ධත්වය සහ දරුවන්ගේ සදාචාරාත්මකභාවය වර්ධනය ඇතුළු පාසල් තුළ සිදුකරන ඩෙංගු මර්දන වැඩසටහන් පිළිබඳව නායක ස්වාමීන් වහන්සේලා සමඟ අදහස් හුවමාරු කරගත්තාය.

අනතුරුව එම විහාරස්ථානයේ අභිනවයෙන් ඉදිකරන ලද චෛත්‍ය රාජයාණන් වහන්සේගේ කොත නිරාවරණය කිරීමේ කාර්යයට සහභාගී වූ අග්‍රාමාත්‍යවරිය, චෛත්‍යරාජයානන් වෙත ප්‍රථම පුෂ්පෝපහාරය ද සිදු කළාය.

අනතුරුව අදහස් දැක්වූ අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය ආචාර්ය හරිනි අමරසූරිය මෙසේද පවසා සිටියාය

මෙම විහාරස්ථානයේ චෛත්‍ය රාජයාණන් වහන්සේගේ කොත පළඳවන්නටත්, අලුත් සංඝාවාසය මහා සංඝරත්නය වෙත පූජා කරන්නටත් සංවිධානය කර තිබෙන මේ උතුම් පින්කමට එකතු වෙන්න ලැබීම මම ලැබූ ලොකු භාග්‍යයක් ලෙස සලකනවා. මෙය විහාරස්ථානයේ ඉදිරි ගමනට අලුත් පියවරක් තැබීමක්.

අතීතයේ වටිනාකම් ආරක්ෂා කරගෙන, අනාගත පරපුරට ශක්තිමත් උරුමයක් බාරදෙන වැදගත් අවස්ථාවක්.

ආගමික ස්ථාන දියුණු කරනවා කියන්නේ ගඩොලින් වැලිවලින් ගොඩනැගිලි හදන එක විතරක් නෙවෙයි. ඒක මිනිසුන්ගේ හදවත් එකට යා කරන, හොඳ සාරධර්ම ආයෙමත් පණගන්වන පරිසරයක් නිර්මාණය කිරීමක්. ඒ වගකීම අප හැමෝගෙම වගකීමක්.

සමාජය සහ පන්සල අතර විශාල බැඳීමක් තිබෙනවා. ඒක සමාජ පැවැත්ම හා සදාචාරය සමඟ එකට බැඳුණු දෙයක්.

අද තාක්ෂණයේ දියුණුවත්, මිනිසුන්ගේ කාර්යබහුල ජීවිතයත් සමඟ ඒ බැඳීම අඩුවෙලා කියලා දැන් අපට දැනෙන්න පුළුවන්. නමුත් අපට දුකක් දැනුනු විට, ප්‍රශ්නයක් ආවම අපට මුලින්ම මතක් වෙන්නේ අපේ ආගම. ඒක අපේ ආධ්‍යාත්මය තුළ තිබෙන දෙයක්.රටක් දියුණු වෙන්නේ ආර්ථිකයෙන් විතරක් නෙවෙයි.

මිනිසුන්ගේ සිතිවිලි යහපත් වෙලා, සදාචාරය ශක්තිමත් වුණු දවසටයි රටක සැබෑ පුනරුදයක් ඇතිවෙන්නේ. ඒ ගමනට අපේ ගරුතර මහා සංඝරත්නයත්, මේ වගේ විහාරස්ථානත් ලබාදෙන පූර්ණ දායකත්වය මම මේ වෙලාවේ ගෞරවයෙන් අගය කරනවා.

එමෙන්ම, මෙරට පැවති පැරණි බෞද්ධ දැනුම් පද්ධතිය හා බැඳුණු සංස්කෘතිය සම්බන්ධව සොයාබැලීම සඳහා අනුරාධපුර, තිස්සමහාරාමය සහ යාපහුව වැනි ප්‍රදේශවල කැනීම් කටයුතු මේ වන විට ආරම්භ කර ඇති බවද ඇය පවසා සිටියාය

මෙම අවස්ථාව සඳහා මල්වතු මහා විහාර පාර්ශ්වයේ බස්නාහිර පළාතේ ප්‍රධාන සංඝනායක කොරොස්දූව වජ්‍රකෝත් මහා විහාරාධිපති සමස්ත ලංකා ශාසනාරක්ෂක බල මණ්ඩලයේ හිටපු ලේඛකාධිකාරී ශාස්ත්‍රපති පූජ්‍ය ගෝනදූවේ ගුණානන්ද ස්වාමීන් වහන්සේ, යටවර ධර්ම වර්ධනාරාමාධිපති මිල්ලනිය ශාසනාරක්ෂක බල මණ්ඩලයේ සභාපති පයාගල ප්‍රාදේශීය සංඝ සභාවේ උපාධ්‍යාය පරිත්ත භාණක පූජ්‍ය යටවර ඤාණසිරි ස්වාමීන් වහන්සේ, නෑහින්න ශ්‍රී විශුද්ධාරාමාධිපති විනය විශාරද පරිත්ත භාණක පූජ්‍ය බටදූවේ සිරිවිමල නායක ස්වාමීන් වහන්සේ සහ වාද්දුව පොහොද්දරමුල්ල ශ්‍රී ලංකා රාමඤ්ඤ නිකායික මහිගර්ජනාරාම විහාරස්ථානයේ නායක ස්වාමීන් වහන්සේ ඇතුළු පිරිවෙන් අධිපති ස්වාමීන් වහන්සේලා සහ මහා සංඝරත්නය, කළුතර දිස්ත්‍රික් පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්‍රී නිලන්ති කොට්ටහච්චි, පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්‍රී නන්දන පත්මකුමාර යන මහත්ම මහත්මීන් ඇතුළු පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්‍රීවරුන්, කළුතර ප්‍රාදේශීය සභාවේ සභාපති, ප්‍රාදේශීය සභා මන්ත්‍රීවරුන්, දායක දායිකාවන් විශාල පිරිසක් සහභාගී වූහ.

අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය මාධ්‍ය අංශය

UNICEF Delegation Meets Prime Minister

A delegation from UNICEF, accompanied by the United Nations Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Violence Against Children (VAC), Dr. Najat Maalla M’jid, met with Prime Minister Dr. Harini Amarasuriya on 25 June at the Parliament premises.

The discussion was focused on further strengthening cooperation and engagement with the Government of Sri Lanka on ensuring the protection and well-being of children, and efforts to prevent and respond to all forms of violence against children.

During the meeting, the Prime Minister acknowledged UNICEF’s continued support to Sri Lanka, particularly during the response to Cyclone Ditwah, as well as its longstanding contributions to reforms in education and early childhood education and initiatives aimed at preventing and addressing violence against children.

The Prime Minister noted that while Sri Lanka has made significant progress in developing policies, the challenge lies in ensuring their effective implementation. She emphasized the need to address gaps in institutional capacity and human resources, while strengthening coordination among the various parts responsible for child protection while highlighting the critical role of frontline workers in the delivery of child protection services.

During the discussion, representatives of UNICEF emphasized the importance of bringing together all relevant stakeholders to address gaps in child protection procedures and referral pathways. Particular attention was given to ensuring that children have clear and accessible mechanisms through which they can report abuse and seek assistance.

Dr. Najat Maalla M’jid highlighted the importance of strengthening the competencies of frontline professionals on psychosocial support, early detection, defining direct signs, techniques of effective listening, and safeguarding privacy. The discussions also underscored the growing importance of protecting children from online violence and abuse, and the need to strengthen measures to ensure children’s safety in digital environments.

The meeting was attended by Dr. Najat Maalla M’jid, United Nations Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Violence Against Children; Ms. Emma Brigham, UNICEF Representative; Mr. Marc-André Franche, United Nations Resident Coordinator; officials from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs; and additional secretaries and officials from the Ministry of Education.

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Representatives from The Ceylon Chamber of Commerce Meets Prime Minister Dr. Harini Amarasuriya

Representatives from the ’The Ceylon Chamber of Commerce’ met with Prime Minister Dr. Harini Amarasuriya on 24th of June at the Parliament premises.

During the meeting, discussions focused on the Sri Lanka Economic and Investment Summit 2026 (SLEIS 2026), which is scheduled to be held on 12 and 13 October 2026. Attention was also given to digitalization initiatives, the introduction of digital technologies in schools under new education reforms, and the transformative role of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Sri Lanka’s education sector.

Representatives of the Chamber noted that the summit would serve as an important platform for encouraging both local and foreign investment, while also contributing to the shaping of the country’s future economic policies.

The meeting was attended by Krishan Balendra, Chairman of The Ceylon Chamber of Commerce; Vinod Hirdaramani, Deputy Vice Chairman; Shiran Fernando, Secretary General and Chief Executive Officer; Aliki Perera, Deputy Secretary General and Chief Operating Officer; and Anagi Rodrigo-Weerasekera, Chief Economist and Head of Economic Intelligence, along with several other representatives.

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The protection of children not only a sectoral concern, but a national priority embedded within our broader development, governance, and social justice framework. - Prime Minister Dr. Harini Amarasuriya

Our shared responsibility is to ensure that every child grows in safety, learns in dignity, and develops to their full potential.

The Prime Minister Dr. Harini Amarasuriya participated in the opening of the South Asia Ministerial Conference on Ending Violence against Children (EVAC), a two-day regional forum (23 and 24 June) focused on strengthening commitment, sharing progress and accelerating action to ensure every child grows up safe and free from violence on 23 June in Colombo.

Convened by the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC), in collaboration with UNICEF Regional Office for South Asia (ROSA), the World Health Organization Regional Offices for South-East Asia and the Eastern Mediterranean (WHO SEARO/EMRO), and the Office of the Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General on Violence against Children (OSRSG-VAC), the conference brings together ministers, senior government officials and development partners from across the region.

Over the next two days, participating countries will exchange experiences, showcase innovative approaches and explore solutions to persistent challenges, including harmful social norms, child marriage, child labour, gaps in data and evidence, resource constraints and emerging threats such as technology-facilitated violence, abuse and exploitation.

Addressing at the occasion, Prime Minister Dr. Harini Amarasuriya stated that Sri Lanka is Committed to a Systems-Based Approach to End Violence Against Children, emphasizing that child protection is not merely a sectoral concern but a national priority embedded within the country’s broader development, governance, and social justice agenda.

The Prime Minister noted that the education system remains one of the most powerful environments for children, extending beyond its role as a place of learning to serve as a critical platform for child protection.

"The education system remains one of the most powerful environments for children. Schools are not only spaces for learning, but also critical sites for early identification of harm, psychosocial support, and safeguarding intervention. Sri Lanka continues to strengthen school-based child protection systems, including referral mechanisms, counselling services, and safeguarding protocols."

Highlighting the importance of regional cooperation in addressing violence against children, the Prime Minister stressed that child protection challenges transcend national boundaries and require collective action, shared learning, and sustained collaboration among countries in the region.

The occasion was attended by the Secretary General of SAARC, H.E. Md. Golam Sarwar, Ms UNICEF Representative to Sri Lanka, Emma Brigham, United Nations Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Violence against Children, Dr Najat Maalla M’jid, Minister of Children and Women affairs Ms. Saroja Savithri Paulraj, Deputy Minister of the Ministry, Dr. Namal Sudarshana (M.P.) and Ministers, officials, local and international representatives.

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Farewell call on Prime Minister by the Secretary General of South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC)

H.E. Md. Golam Sarwar, Secretary-General of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) paid a farewell courtesy call on Prime Minister Dr. Harini Amarasuriya on June 22 at Temple Trees.

Welcoming H.E. Md. Golam Sarwar, Secretary-General of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC), the Prime Minister, Dr. Harini Amarasuriya, commended the Secretary-General’s efforts in promoting regional cooperation and advancing the objectives of SAARC.

Discussion focused on the forthcoming Ministerial Conference on Ending Violence Against Children, which is scheduled to be held in Colombo on 23 June 2026. The Prime Minister emphasized the importance of collective regional action to safeguard the rights, protection, and well-being of children across South Asia.

During the meeting, the Secretary-General briefed the Prime Minister on the ongoing work of the SAARC Secretariat and key regional initiatives being implemented under the SAARC framework. Particular attention was given to SAARC’s efforts to strengthen food security and improve child nutrition through enhanced cooperation among member states.

The Prime Minister also emphasized the value of fostering closer engagement between SAARC and other regional organizations to facilitate the exchange of best practices and enhance regional connectivity and cooperation.

Reaffirming Sri Lanka’s longstanding commitment to SAARC, the Prime Minister assured the country’s continued support for the organization and its initiatives aimed at promoting regional peace, prosperity, and people-centred development.

The meeting was attended by the Director (ESC) of the SAARC Secretariat in Kathmandu, Mr. Waruna Wilpatha, Secretary to the Prime Minister, Mr. Pradeep Saputhanthri, Additional Secretary to the Prime Minister, Ms. Sagarika Bogahawatta, and officials from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Employment and Tourism.

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Developing the Human Resources Needed for Construction Activities Remains a Key Challenge Before Us. – Prime Minister Dr. Harini Amarasuriya

Prime Minister Dr. Harini Amarasuriya stated that the Government has already allocated substantial funds for future development activities, including the restoration of areas damaged by the recent cyclone Ditwah, and that one of the key challenges currently faced is securing the necessary human resources, particularly technical personnel, required to carry out the construction and development projects.

The Prime Minister made these remarks on June 19 in Kandy while paying a visit on the Mahanayaka Theros of the Malwathu and Asgiri Chapters.

During her visit to the Malwathu Maha Viharaya in Kandy, the Prime Minister met with the Most Venerable Thibbatuwawe Sri Siddhartha Sumangala Mahanayaka Thero, Mahanayaka of the Malwathu Chapter, as well as the Anunayaka Theros of the Chapter, the Most Venerable Niyangoda Vijithasiri Thero and the Most Venerable Dimbulkumbure Wimaladhamma Thero. The Prime Minister also engaged in a discussion with the Mahanayaka Thero.

Subsequently, the Prime Minister paid a visit to the Most Venerable Warakagoda Gnanarathana Mahanayaka Thero, Mahanayaka of the Asgiri Chapter of the Siam Maha Nikaya of Sri Lanka, and the Anunayaka of the Asgiri Chapter, the Most Venerable Narampanawa Ananda Thero.

During the discussions, the Prime Minister briefed the Mahanayaka Thero on the current progress of the new education reforms. She also stated that measures would be taken to recruit teachers in the near future to address the existing teacher shortage. She further noted that the evaluation of answer scripts from the recently held teacher recruitment examination is currently underway and that successful candidates will be recruited expeditiously following a practical assessment.

The occasion was attended by the Members of Parliament, the Secretary to the Ministry of Education, Higher Education and Vocational Education, Mr. Nalaka Kaluwewa, and several other officials.

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