Prime Minister of Sri Lanka

Dr Prathap Ramanujam also accpompanied the PM. MORE >>

Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena visited Palamadulla Rajamaha Vihara paid respects to Sri Padasthanadhipathi Venerable Bengamuwe Dhammadinna Nayaka Thera. He discussed about the provision of facilities related to the Sri Pada pilgrimage season starting from the upcoming Unduvap Poya day.

Bengamuwe Dhammadinna Thero advised that, "We cannot disregard state contribution. That is the traditions from the days of great kings. As a leader who respects heritage and tradition, you becoming the Prime Minister of this country is of great value to the country as well as to the Shasana. Jaya Sri Maha Bodhi, Temple of the Relics and Sri Padasthanaya are the three most respected places of religious importance. These holy places received MORE >>

Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena says that the time has come for everyone to come together to end hunger in the country. He stated this speaking at the Ratnapura district meeting on food security and nutrition held at the Ratnapura District Secretariat on 12.11.2022.

The Prime Minister further commented that "No cultivable government land should be left uncultivated. Officials cannot object or disturb cultivation in those lands. These lands are the inheritances of the people.
“After the collapse of the Kandyan Kingdom in 1815, the imperialists took possession of prosperous lands in many areas in the upcountry including the Ratnapura district and elsewhere.

“Most of the lands that are now under the g MORE >>

They discussed bilateral relations and close Buddhist links between the two countries. MORE >>

Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena said Sri Lankan youth have great interest now in learning foreign languages and requested Mexico to assist in setting up Spanish language departments in Sri Lankan universities.

He said Mexican investors should enter into new areas of investment in cinnamon and other spice production in order to add value to export products.

This was stated when the new Ambassador of Mexico Federico Salas called on him at the Prime Minister’s Office in Colombo on Friday (11).

Ambassador Salas said Sri Lanka has vast potential in expanding tourism sector to attract visitors from Latin America. He agreed to discuss further with University Grants Commission and the Education Minis MORE >>

මහ පොළොවේ හරය, උරුමය රැකගෙන මනුෂ්‍ය ජීවිතවලට ශක්තියක් එකතු කිරීමට ශ්‍රී ලාංකීක ආයුර්වේදය ලොව පුරා ව්‍යාප්ත කළ යුතු බව අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය දිනේෂ් ගුණවර්ධන මහතා පවසයි.

රජයේ ආයුර්වේද වෛද්‍ය නිලධාරීන්ගේ සංගමයේ දහනම වැනි සංවත්සරය 2022.11.11 දින කොළඹ දී පැවති අවස්ථාවේදී අග්‍රාමාත්‍යවරයා අවධ� MORE >>

අග්‍රාමාත්‍යවරයා මේ බව ප්‍රකාශ කළේ,
සංවර්ධන ව්‍යාපෘති බලපත්‍ර සඳහා කඩිනමින් අනුමැතිය ලබාදීමට නගර සංවර්ධන අධිකාරිය ආරම්භ කළ onestop unit නව ක්‍රමය හඳුන්වාදීමේ අවස්ථාවේදීය.

2022.11.10 දින බත්තරමුල්ල waters edge ආයතනයේ පැවති මෙම අවස්ථාවට නාගරික සංවර්ධන නිවාස අමාත්‍ය ප්‍රසන්න රණතුංග ප්‍රධාන රා� MORE >>

The Prime Minister welcomed the delegation commenting on the long standing friendship and diplomatic relations enjoyed by the two countries.

They discussed about possible investments in several fields including industries, ports and shipping. Mr. Ryzhkov Petr Chairman of the Board of directors of a leading development firm in Moscow, Minister Ramesh Pathirana, Mrs. Janitha Liyanage Sri Lankan Ambassador in Moscow and Mr. Anura Dissanayake Secretary to the Prime Minister were also present at the occas MORE >>

The occasion when the Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena observed the successful gardening of Colombo District Secretary Pradeep Yasarathna in the premises of his official residence.

Chief Justice Jayantha Jayasuriya also took part in the occasion. MORE >>

Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena called on the South Asian water and sanitation experts to ensure water sanitation in all the schools in the region by 2030. He said Sri Lanka would be able to achieve the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG No 6) on water sanitation mush before the target year.

Addressing the Global Water Partnership – South Asia (GWP SAS) 28th Regional Council Meeting at Negombo today (Nov 9), he said Sri Lanka is determined to achieve the SDG goal 6 on ‘Water sanitation to All’ before the target year of 2030 and added that the our desire is to ensure adequate water sanitation provisions in schools as early as possible.

“While expressing my deep appreciation to all participants in the GW MORE >>

අනුකරණවාදී ලෝකයට පිවිසෙන, ඉදිරිය නොදැක්ක සමාජයකට සැබෑ මග පෙන්වාදෙමින් රටේ සංවර්ධනය හා යුක්තිය වෙනුවෙන් ගමන් කිරීම මාදුළුවාවේ සෝභිත හිමියන්ගේ දර්ශනය අදට ගැලපෙන බව අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය දිනේෂ් ගුණවර්ධන මහතා පවසයි.

ආචාර්ය පූජ්‍ය මාදුළුවාවේ සෝභිත හිමියන්ගේ සත්වැනි ගුණානුස්මරණය වෙන� MORE >>

දේශකයාණන් වහන්සේ..
අම්පාර බුද්ධංගල ආරණ්‍ය සේනාසනාධිපති, මහා විහාර වංශික, ශ්‍රී ලංකා රාමඤ්ඤ මහා නිකායේ කාරක සංඝ සභික, ප්‍රවචන කීර්ති ශ්‍රී සද්ධර්ම වාගීජවාචාර්ය්‍ය රාජකීය පණ්ඩිත ශාස්ත්‍රපති පූජ්‍යපාද දීඝවාපියේ සූසීම නායක ස්වාමීන්ද්‍රයාණන් වහන්සේ. MORE >>

වැඩකරන ජනතාව මෙතෙක් දිනා ගත් දේ රැක ගනිමින් ඒ තුළ සිට මෙවර අයවැයෙන් සහන ලබාගැනීම කළ යුතු යැයි අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය දිනේෂ් ගුණවර්ධන මහතා පවසයි.

ඉදිරි අයවැය සඳහා වෘත්තීය සමිතිවල යෝජනා අදහස් ඉදිරිපත් කිරීම සඳහා මෙරට ප්‍රධානතම වෘත්තිය සමිති රැසක් පසුගියදා අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය කාර්යාලයේදී අග්� MORE >>

නිසි සැලසුමක් සහිත සංවර්ධනයකට රට යොමු කල යුතුව ඇතැයි අග්‍රමාත්‍ය දිනේෂ් ගුණවර්ධන මහතා පවසයි.

අග්‍රාමාත්‍යවරයා මෙසේ සඳහන් කළේ කොටිකාවත්ත මුල්ලේරියාව ප්‍රාදේශීය සභාවේ 2022.11.03 දින කළ නිරීක්ෂණ චාරිකාවක දී ය.

එහිදී වැඩිදුරටත් අදහස් දැක්වූ අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය වරයා

"නාගරික කේන්� MORE >>

The Ambassador of Korea Santhush Woojin Jeong has conveyed to Prime Minister Dinresh Gunawardena heartfelt condolences on behalf of the Government and the people of Korea to the bereaved family of the late Mr. Mohammad Jinath (27) of Udathalawinna, Kandy who died from a stampede in Itaewon, Seoul on 29th Of October 2022.

The Ambassador called on Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena at the Prime Minister’s Office today (03) to convey the condolences on behalf of his government.

Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena also conveyed his sympathies on behalf of the Government and the people of Sri Lanka for the losses of 156 lives including 26 foreigners and for those who injured I n the stampede during Halloween celebr MORE >>

Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena assured the visiting Canadian business representatives that the government plans to enact reforms to ensure speedy approval of foreign investment proposals.

This was stated when a group of leading Canadian business community representatives headed by Member of Parliament Rachel Thomas called on the Prime Minister at the Prime Minister’s Office in Colombo on November 3. The delegation, which included leading Tamil and Sinhala businessmen in Canada assured support the efforts to development of Sri Lanka’s economy to overcome the current crisis.

The Canadian business community said that they hope to increase the friendship with Sri Lanka and also expressed their desire to supp MORE >>

A delegation of media personnel from India and Nepal expressed high appreciation to Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena for the steps taken by the government to face economic challenges and ensure a quick recovery in a short span of time. The delegation said this when they met the Prime Minister at the Prime Minister’s Office in Colombo today (Nov 3).

Prime Minister Gunawardena thanked India for extending material and financial restructuring facilities to Sri Lanka in an urgent basis to get over the economic crisis and shortages of essential items.

Indian and Nepali media representatives said they were warned by many well-wishers back home not to visit Sri Lanka when the country is faced with severe hardships,  MORE >>

The Shimo Planning Corporation Limited, a leading Japanese company plans to establish a Japanese language training center in Sithawaka area to facilitate language learners in the country and to encourage them to seek employment opportunities in Japan.

This was stated by Shimotori Hiroyuki, Representative Director of Shimo Planning Corporation Limited who called on Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena at the Prime Minister’s Office in Colombo on 2020.11.02.

The Prime Minister and the Deputy Director of Shimo discussed regarding the establishment of a Japanese language training center in Sithawaka area to facilitate language learners in the country and to encourage them to seek employment opportunities in Japan. MORE >>