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”

රජයේ ප්‍රමුඛතාව ගුණාත්මක අධ්‍යාපනය විධිමත්ව ලබා දීමයි. - අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය ආචාර්ය හරිනි අමරසූරිය

ශිෂ්ට සම්පන්න සමාජයක් ගොඩනැගීමට ගුරුවරුන් ලබාදෙන දායකත්වය රජය අගය කරනවා

රටක් වශයෙන් අපේක්ෂා කරන පරිවර්තනීය වෙනස උදාකර ගැනීම සඳහා දියුණු මානව සම්පතක් අත්‍යවශ්‍ය වන බවත්, ඒ සඳහා අධ්‍යාපනය විධිමත්ව ගුණාත්මක අධ්‍යාපනයක් දරුවන්ට ලබා දීම රජයේ මූලික ප්‍රමුඛතාවය බවත් අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය ආචාර්ය හරිනි අමරසූරිය ප්‍රකාශ කළාය.

අග්‍රාමාත්‍යවරිය මේ බව කියා සිටියේ අද (12) දින හම්බන්තොට දිස්ත්‍රික්කයේ සිදුකළ අධ්‍යාපන නිරීක්ෂණ චාරිකාවට එක්වෙමිනි.

මෙම සංචාරයේදී බෙලිඅත්ත රුහුණු විජයබා ජාතික පාසල සහ එහි ප්‍රාථමික විද්‍යාලය වෙත පැමිණි අග්‍රාමාත්‍යවරිය, 2026 වසරේ පළමු වසර සිසුන් සඳහා හඳුන්වා දුන් නව වැඩපොත්, මූලික විෂයමාලාවේ ප්‍රගතිය සහ පන්ති කාමර ක්‍රියාකාරකම් පිළිබඳව සොයා බැලුවාය.

විද්‍යාලයීය ගුරුවරුන් සමඟ පැවැති සාකච්ඡාවේදී අග්‍රාමාත්‍යවරිය අවධාරණය කළේ ශිෂ්ට සම්පන්න සමාජයක් ගොඩනැගීමට ගුරුවරුන් ලබාදෙන දායකත්වය රජය අගය කරන බවයි.ගුරුවරුන්ගේ වෘත්තීය භාවය සුරැකීමට සහ ගුණාත්මක අධ්‍යාපනයක් තහවුරු කිරීමට අධ්‍යාපන කවුන්සිලයක් පිහිටුවීමේ කටයුතු දැනටමත් ආරම්භ කර ඇති බව ඇය සඳහන් කළාය. පාසල් අතර පවතින යටිතල පහසුකම් අසමානතා ඉවත් කර සියලු දරුවන්ට සම අවස්ථා ලබාදීම රජයේ ඉලක්කය බව ද අග්‍රාමාත්‍යතුමිය සඳහන් කළාය.

අනතුරුව වීරකැටිය රජපක්ෂ ප්‍රාථමික විද්‍යාලය වෙත පැමිණි අග්‍රාමාත්‍යතුමිය නව අධ්‍යාපන ප්‍රතිසංස්කරණ හදුන්වා දුන් පළමු වසර පන්ති කාමර සහ ඉගැන්වීම් ක්‍රමවේද නිරීක්ෂණය කළ අතර දරුවන් සමඟ සුහද කථාබහකටද එක් විය. පසුව වීරකැටිය මධ්‍ය විද්‍යාලයේ සහ ප්‍රාථමික විද්‍යාලයේ ගුරුවරුන් සමඟ පිළිසඳරක නිරත වෙමින් වීරකැටිය මධ්‍ය විද්‍යාලයේ උසස් පෙළ පන්ති පවත්වාගෙන යාමට ඇති ගැටළු පිලිබඳව අවධානය යොමු කළ අතර උසස් පෙළ දරුවන් පාසල තුළ රඳවා ගැනීම පිළිබඳව ද සාකච්ඡා කළාය.

හම්බන්තොට ලුණම දුටුගැමුණු මහා විද්‍යාලයේ නිරීක්ෂණයට ද එක්වූ අග්‍රාමාත්‍යවරිය, එහි පවතින ඉහළ යටිතල පහසුකම්වලට සාපේක්ෂව ශිෂ්‍ය සංඛ්‍යාව අවම මට්ටමක පැවතීම පිළිබඳව සිය අවධානය යොමු කළාය. පාසල් පරිපාලනය විසින් නිසි සැලසුමකට අනුව කටයුතු කරමින් ශිෂ්‍ය ගලනය නංවාලිය යුතු බවත්, ඉදිරි ප්‍රතිසංස්කරණ කටයුතුවලදී මෙවැනි අංගසම්පූර්ණ පාසල්වලින් මහත් ප්‍රයෝජනයක් ගත හැකි බවත් ඇය සඳහන් කළාය.

නිරීක්ෂණය අතරතුර නයිගල රාජ මහා විහාරය වෙත පැමිණ විහාරාධිපති අතිපූජ්‍ය වකමුල්ලේ උදිත හිමියන් බැහැදැකීමටද කටයුතු කළාය.

මෙම අවස්ථාවට හම්බන්තොට දිස්ත්‍රික් සම්බන්ධීකරණ කමිටු සභාපති නිහාල් ගලප්පත්ති, නියෝජ්‍ය අමාත්‍යවරුන් වන රුවන් සෙනරත් සහ අරවින්ද සෙනරත්, පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්‍රී අතුල වෙළඳගොඩ ඇතුළු දේශපාලන නියෝජිතයන් සහ අධ්‍යාපන බලධාරීන් පිරිසක් සහභාගී වූහ.

අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය මාධ්‍ය අංශය

Prime Minister met with the delegation of the European External Action Service

The Prime Minister Dr. Harini Amarasuriya met with the representatives of the European External Action Service on the 10 th of February at the Prime Minister’s office.

Welcoming the delegation from the European External Action Service (EEAS), the Prime Minister emphasized the importance of further strengthening and deepening the long-standing partnership between Sri Lanka and the European Union, noting the role of the European Union as a key development and economic partner.

The Prime Minister also expressed appreciation for the timely assistance extended by the European Union to Sri Lanka in response to the recent cyclone, highlighting the EU’s continued solidarity and support during times of need.

Attention was drawn to the need to expand economic cooperation between Sri Lanka and the European Union. The Prime Minister underscored the importance of undertaking necessary legislative and policy reforms to facilitate enhanced economic engagement, trade, and investment.

The delegation was briefed on the ongoing initiatives and reforms being implemented by the new Government aimed at strengthening economic stability, governance, and creating a conducive environment for sustainable growth and international cooperation.

The meeting was attended by the Acting Managing Director for Asia and the Pacific in the European External Action Service, EU co-chair of the Joint Commission, Ms. Paola Pampaloni; EU Ambassador, Head of EU Delegation Ms. Carmen Moreno and the representatives of European External Action Services and Delegation of the European Union, and Additional Secretary to the Prime Minister, Ms. Sagarika Bogahawatta and the officials from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Employment, Tourism Sri Lanka.

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The Prime Minister met with the newly appointed ADB Country Director to Sri Lanka.

The newly appointed Country Director of Asian Development Bank for Sri Lanka Ms Shannon Cowlin and the accompanying delegation met with the Prime Minister Dr. Harini Amarasuriya on the 10th of February at the Prime Minister’s office.

Welcoming the delegation, the Prime Minister extended congratulations to the newly appointed Country Director and acknowledged the long-standing partnership with the Asian Development Bank. The Prime Minister also expressed appreciation for ADB Bank’s continued engagement and support aligned with Sri Lanka’s national development priorities.

The Prime Minister also conveyed gratitude for the timely assistance extended by ADB in response to Cyclone Ditwah, noting the importance of such support in mitigating the immediate impacts of natural disasters.

The ADB delegation reiterated its readiness to further assist Sri Lanka during the post-cyclone recovery phase, including rebuilding and reconstruction efforts, and emphasized its commitment to the supporting education sector.

The event was attended by OIC / Deputy Director General, SARDMs Ms. Sona Shrestha, Ms. Cholpon Mambetova Country Operations Head of ADB Sri Lanka Mission Resident, Additional Secretary to the Prime Minister Ms. Sagarika Bogahawatta, Director General of the External Resource Department, Ministry of Finance Mr. Samantha Bandara, Director for ADB Division in External Resource Department, Ministry of Finance Mr. Ranjith Gurusinghe.

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Steps have been taken to regulate School Student Transport Services

A discussion on regulating school student transport services was held on the 09th of February at the Prime Minister’s Office under the patronage of Prime Minister Dr. Harini Amarasuriya, with the participation of officials from the National Transport Commission and the Ministry of Education.

The authority for regulating school student transport has been vested with the National Transport Commission, and as the relevant draft of regulations have already been prepared, discussions were held on the provisions contained in these drafts as well as on new proposals that should be incorporated.

During the discussion, the attention was focused on meeting the emerging needs of transportation arising from the schools, minimizing issues encountered in the transportation of school students by establishing an organized transport mechanism, and deploying the “Sisu Sariya” school transport service in a more efficient and effective manner followed by the new educational reforms process.

Discussions were also held on introducing laws and regulations to systematize the transportation of schoolchildren, prioritizing child protection by preventing reported incidents of abuse and harassment during student transport, and enhancing professionalism among school transport service providers to ensure a responsible and accountable service.

The focus was also emphasized on the need for coordinated action among the Ministry of Transport, Highways and Urban Development, the National Transport Commission, the Ministry of Education, Higher Education and Vocational Education, and the National Child Protection Authority.

The discussion was attended by the Minister of Transport, Highways and Urban Development Bimal Rathnayake, Chairman of the National Transport Commission P. A. Chandrapala, officials of the National Transport Commission, and the officials from the Ministry of Education, Higher Education and Vocational Education.

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Steps have been taken to modernize Technical Colleges in all 25 Districts

Special Discussion was held under the patronage of the Prime Minister to Strengthen Vocational Education

Marking a major transformation in Sri Lanka’s vocational education sector, the Government has decided to develop and modernize 25 technical colleges located across all the 25 districts in line with contemporary global standards.

It was revealed at a special discussion held on 06th of February at the Parliamentary Complex, chaired by the Minister of Education, Higher Education and Vocational Education, Prime Minister Dr. Harini Amarasuriya, together with the Deputy Minister of Vocational Education Mr. Nalin Hewage.

Addressing the meeting, Prime Minister Dr. Harini Amarasuriya emphasized that these development initiatives should not be limited merely to providing vocational skills, but should also place strong emphasis on the mental health and overall well-being of the youth.

Accordingly, the Prime Minister stressed the importance of establishing modern hostels, cafeterias, and healthcare facilities; designing both internal and external environments in a manner that offers recreational and aesthetic experiences while promoting mental well-being; and developing a distinct identity for each technical college so that they can be clearly recognized as unique institutions, separate from other educational establishments.

Speaking at the discussion, Deputy Minister of Vocational Education Mr. Nalin Hewage stated that development work at 23 technical colleges could be commenced in near future in order to enhance the human resources required for national development. He further noted that it is expected to obtain the labour contribution and assistance of the Tri-Forces for these construction and modernization activities.

The occasion was attended by Deputy Minister of Defence Major General Aruna Jayasekara, Secretary to the Ministry of Defence Air Vice Marshal Sampath Thuyacontha, Secretary to the Ministry of Education Nalaka Kaluwewa, along with the officers from the Tri-Forces.

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அவசரகாலச் சட்டத்தைப் பயன்படுத்தி ஊடகங்களையோ அல்லது வேறு எந்தவொரு தரப்பினரையோ ஒடுக்குவதற்கு அரசாங்கம் ஒருபோதும் நடவடிக்கை எடுக்காது எனப் பிரதமர் கலாநிதி ஹரிணி அமரசூரிய பெப்ரவரி 06ஆம் திகதி பாராளுமன்றத்தில் தெரிவித்தார்.

’ டிட்வா’ சூறாவளி காரணமாக அவசரகால நிலைமையைப் பிரகடனப்படுத்துவது தொடர்பாக நடைபெற்ற பாராளுமன்ற விவாதத்தின் போதே பிரதமர் மேற்கண்டவாறு குறிப்பிட்டார்.

டிட்வா சூறாவளி காரணமாக இந்நாட்டிற்கும் நாட்டு மக்களுக்கும் ஏற்பட்ட பாதிப்புகளை அனைவரும் நன்கு அறிவர். நாம் எதிர்பாராத வகையில் எமது நாட்டின் உட்கட்டமைப்பு வசதிகளான வீதிகள், பாலங்கள் ஆகியவற்றுக்கு எந்த அளவு பாதிப்பு ஏற்பட்டுள்ளது என்பதை மீண்டும் மீண்டும் வலியுறுத்த வேண்டிய அவசியமில்லை. பல பாடசாலைகளையும், வீடுகளையும் நாம் மீண்டும் கட்டியெழுப்ப வேண்டியுள்ளதுடன், சிலவற்றை இருக்கும் இடங்களிலிருந்து அகற்ற வேண்டியும் உள்ளது. அத்துடன், இதுவரை வரலாற்றில் கண்டிராத அளவிலான நிலச்சரிவுகள் ஏற்பட்டுள்ளன. இதுவரை சுமார் 1300 நிலச்சரிவுகள் குறித்து தேசிய கட்டிட ஆராய்ச்சி நிறுவனம் (NBRO) அறிக்கைகளைச் சமர்ப்பித்துள்ளது.

எனவே, கௌரவ சபைத் தலைவரே, இந்த நிலைமைகளின் கீழ் நாம் துரிதமாகத் தலையீடுகளைச் செய்ய வேண்டியுள்ளது. அந்தத் தலையீடுகளுக்காக வளங்களைத் திரட்ட வேண்டியுள்ளது. மனித வளம் மற்றும் தேவையான ஏனைய பொருட்கள் என அனைத்தையும் மிக விரைவாகத் திரட்டிச் செயற்படுத்துவதற்கும், இயல்பு நிலையை மீளக் கொண்டு வருவதற்கும், ஏற்பட்ட பாதிப்புகளைக் குறைப்பதற்கும் எடுக்க வேண்டிய நடவடிக்கைகள் குறித்து எமக்கு பாரிய பொறுப்பு இருக்கின்றது.

இந்த அவசரகாலச் சட்டத்தை நீடிக்க வேண்டிய அவசியம் இந்தச் சூழலின் அடிப்படையிலேயே எழுகின்றது. அத்தியாவசிய சேவைகளைப் பேண முடிவதும், அத்தியாவசிய சேவைகள் ஆணையாளர் நாயகத்தை நியமிப்பதையுமே இதன் மூலம் நாம் எதிர்பார்க்கின்றோம். இந்த இரண்டு பிரதான விடயங்களுக்காகவே நாம் இச்சட்டத்தைப் பயன்படுத்துகின்றோம். ஏற்பட்டுள்ள நிலைமையின் கீழ் செய்ய வேண்டியவற்றை வினைத்திறனாகவும் மிக வேகமாகவும் முன்னெடுத்து, மக்களின் வாழ்க்கையை இயல்பு நிலைக்குக் கொண்டு வரும் தேவையைக் கருத்திற்கொண்டே இச்சட்டத்தை மேலும் ஒரு மாதத்திற்கு நீடிப்பதற்காகக் கௌரவ பாராளுமன்றத்தில் இதனைச் சமர்ப்பித்துள்ளோம்" எனத் தெரிவித்தார்.

அத்துடன், ஆதாரமற்ற தகவல்களை வெளியிடுவது எதிர்க்கட்சியின் பழக்கமாக மாறியுள்ளதாகவும், எதிர்க்கட்சியின் சிரேஷ்ட உறுப்பினர்களும் இவ்வாறான கருத்துகளை வெளியிடுவது கவலைக்குரிய விடயம் என்றும் பிரதமர் குறிப்பிட்டார்.

இதற்குத் திருகோணமலையில் பிக்குகள் தொடர்பான சம்பவத்தை உதாரணமாகக் காட்டிய பிரதமர், அந்தச் சம்பவத்துடன் தொடர்புடைய கைதுகள் அவசரகாலச் சட்டத்தின் கீழ் மேற்கொள்ளப்பட்டதாக எதிர்க்கட்சியினர் கூறியபோதிலும், அந்தச் சம்பவ தொடர்பான சட்ட நடவடிக்கைகள் சாதாரண சட்டத்தின் கீழேயே முன்னெடுக்கப்பட்டதாகச் சுட்டிக்காட்டினார். அவசரகாலச் சட்டத்தின் கீழ் எவற்றைச் செய்ய முடியும் என்பதற்குப் பதிலாக, அரசாங்கம் அவசரகாலச் சட்டத்தை எதற்காகப் பயன்படுத்தியது என்பதே இந்த விவாதத்தில் ஆராயப்பட வேண்டும் என அவர் மேலும் சுட்டிக்காட்டினார்.

அரசாங்கம் ஒருபோதும் அவசரகாலச் சட்டத்தைத் தவறாகப் பயன்படுத்தி ஊடகங்களையோ அல்லது எந்தவொரு மக்கள் போராட்டத்தையோ ஒடுக்குவதற்கு நடவடிக்கை எடுக்கவில்லை என்றும், அரசாங்கத்தின் தலையீட்டுடன் அவ்வாறான ஒடுக்குமுறைகள் இடம்பெற்றிருப்பின் அந்தச் சம்பவங்களைத் துல்லியமாகச் சுட்டிக்காட்டுமாறும் பிரதமர் சவால் விடுத்தார்.

கல்வி மறுசீரமைப்பு தொடர்பான எதிர்க்கட்சியின் கருத்துகள் குறித்துப் பேசிய பிரதமர், கல்வி மறுசீரமைப்புகளைச் செயற்படுத்தும் போதும் ஏற்பட்ட நெருக்கடிகளின் போதும் அரசாங்கம் ஒரு பொறுப்புள்ள அரசாங்கமாகத் தலையீடுகளைச் செய்துள்ள நிலையில், அது குறித்துச் சமூகத்தில் ஒரு குழப்பமான நிலையை உருவாக்கும் நோக்கில் எதிர்க்கட்சி வெளிப்படுத்தும் இரட்டை வேட நிலைப்பாட்டைக் கேள்விக்குட்படுத்த வேண்டும் எனத் தெரிவித்தார்.

கல்வி மறுசீரமைப்பு என்பது 6ஆம் தரத்தின் கற்றல் தொகுதிகளுக்கு (Modules) அப்பாற்பட்ட ஒரு செயல்முறை என்பதால், இந்த மறுசீரமைப்புகளை எவ்விதத்திலும் தவறாக அர்த்தப்படுத்த வேண்டாம் எனப் பிரதமர் எதிர்க்கட்சியினரிடம் கேட்டுக்கொண்டார். மறுசீரமைப்பு தொடர்பான ஐந்து தலைப்புகளின் கீழ் முன்னெடுக்கப்படும் பணிகள் அவ்வாறே தொடர்வதாகவும், மறுசீரமைப்புகள் இடைநிறுத்தப்பட மாட்டாது என்றும் தெரிவித்த பிரதமர், சூறாவளியினால் பாதிக்கப்பட்ட மக்களுக்கான இழப்பீடுகளை வழங்கும் பணிகளில் கடந்த இரண்டு மாத கால முன்னேற்றம் பற்றிய விபரத்தைப் பாராளுமன்றத்தில் சமர்ப்பித்தார்.

அதன்படி, பெப்ரவரி 02ஆம் திகதி வரை பிள்ளைகளுக்காக வழங்கப்படும் 15,000 ரூபா கொடுப்பனவு இதுவரையில் 72 சதவீதமானோருக்கும், மரண இழப்பீடுகள் 50 சதவீதமானோருக்கும், 50,000 ரூபா கொடுப்பனவு 77 சதவீதமானோருக்கும் மற்றும் 25,000 ரூபா கொடுப்பனவு 98 சதவீதமானோருக்கும் வழங்கப்பட்டுள்ளதாகப் பிரதமர் கலாநிதி ஹரிணி அமரசூரிய பாராளுமன்றத்தில் தெரிவித்தார்.

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