Many Countries Congratulate the Prime Minister

Ambassadors from various countries have extended their congratulations to Dr. Harini Amarasuriya on her appointment as the new Prime Minister on October 2, 2024, at the Prime Minister’s Office. The Ambassadors and High Commissioners of India, Japan, Britain, the United States, Korea, Bangladesh, and the Maldives were among those who offered their best wishes.

The High Commissioner of India and the Prime Minister participated in Gandhi Jayanthi celebrations, paying floral tributes to the Mahatma Gandhi statue at the Prime Minister’s Office. Following the tribute, the High Commissioner and the Prime Minister held a brief discussion, focusing on strengthening diplomatic relations between the two countries. They also  MORE >>

The government’s vision: the best for all children

Restoring confidence in education is necessary

Policies to protect children from preschool to higher education

Creating an environment for senior citizens to live independently and happily

Collective action needed to address social crises rather than individual attempts

Prime Minister Dr. Harini Amarasuriya stated that the aim of the present government is to provide the best for all the children of the country based on the concept that “the best things are for children.”

The Prime Minister made these comments while participating in the national ceremony for World Children and Elder’s Day held at the Suhurupaya Auditorium, Battaramulla, on 01.10.2024.
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We will intervene to create a better world for children

“We have missed many lessons due to the competitive lifestyle and education system"

Prime Minister Dr. Harini Amarasuriya stated that the government will take responsibility for creating a better world for children and will intervene as necessary. She emphasized the need for measures to create a safe and secure country for children. The Prime Minister made these remarks at the ceremony organized by the Ministry of Education to mark World Children’s Day, held today (October 1) at the Kelaniya Nagananda International Institute for Buddhist Studies, under the theme “The Missed Lesson."

The Prime Minister further commented:

"There are many issues in our country that have been forgotten or o MORE >>

Message

Today is a special occasion as I deliver my first message as Prime Minister and Minister of Women, Child and Youth Affairs and Sports of Sri Lanka celebrating both InternationalChildren’s Day and Elders’ Day. These two important observances remind us of the vital roleschildren and elders play in shaping the future and the legacy of our society.

This year, the theme for International Children’s Day is "Investing in our future meansinvesting in our children." This is more than a slogan-it embodies a core principle and policy direction of our government.

We are committed to providing a high-quality, public educationsystem that benefits every child in Sri Lanka. Our vision is to equip children wit MORE >>

ජාතික ජන බලවේග රජය සිදු කරන සියලු පත්වීම්වලට රජය වග කියනවා - අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය හරිනි අමරසූරිය

ජාතික ජන බලවේග රජය සිදු කරන සියලු පත්කිරීම් සඳහා රජය වග කියන බව අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය හරිනි අමරසූරිය මහනුවර දී අද(28) පැවසුවාය.

තම රජය යටතේ රාජ්‍ය නිලධාරීන් චෝදනා වලට ලක් වුවහොත් ඒ සම්බන්ධයෙන් ක්‍රියා කරන්නට නොපැකිලෙන බවද අග්‍රාමාත්‍යවරිය පැවසුවාය.

මහනුවර දී මල්වතු මහා විහාර පාර්ශ MORE >>

දේශපාලනීයකරණය වී ඇති අධ්‍යාපන පද්ධතිය ඉන් මුදවා ගත යුතුයි.

අධ්‍යාපනය පිළිබඳව විශ්වාසය ගොඩනැගීම අප රජයේ ප්‍රමුඛ වගකීමක්.

රැකියාවට පමණක් නොව ගුණ ගරුක සමාජයක් බිහි කිරීමට හැකි වන පරිදි අධ්‍යාපන පද්ධතිය ප්‍රතිසංස්කරණ සිදු කළ යුතුයි.

පවුලේ ආර්ථික මට්ටම දරුවන්ට ගුණාත්මක අධ්‍යාපනයක් ලැබීමට බාධාවක් නොවිය යුතුයි.

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Conduct a rapid audit to assess the progress of the allocations spent by the Ministry of Sports.

Immediately halt the unnecessary expenditure of money and government resources on celebrations.

The necessity of an urgent program to prevent abuse and violence in the sports sector.

A special committee to investigate fraud and corruption in government institutions.

Prime Minister Dr. Harini Amarasuriya has called for an immediate audit of the Ministry of Sports’ financial allocations, emphasizing the need for transparency and accountability. Although expenditure statistics are available, there has been no evaluation of the actual progress achieved through these funds. The Prime Minister advised that an internal audit be conducted as soon as possible.

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Media Release

Regarding the Issue of the Grade 5 Scholarship Examination

Prime Minister Dr. Harini Amarasuriya held a special discussion today (26.09.2024) with officials from the Ministry of Education regarding the problematic situation concerning the leakage of some questions from the Grade 5 scholarship examination, which was held on 15.09.2024.

The Ministry of Education has informed that the following actions have been taken:

The Department of Examinations, Sri Lanka, has conducted a preliminary internal investigation and submitted a report to the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) regarding the officers suspected to be involved in the incident. Consequently, the CID has initiated an investigation an MORE >>

ශිෂ්‍යත්ව ප්‍රශ්න පත්‍ර ගැටලුව දරුවන්ට අසාධාරණයක් නොවන ලෙස කඩිනමින් විසදන්න.

ශිෂ්‍යත්ව ප්‍රශ්න පත්‍රයේ පිටවූ ප්‍රශ්න පිලිබඳ ස්වාධීන වාර්ථාවක් වහාම අවශ්‍යයි.

මෙතෙක් ප්‍රමාද වූ සියළු විභාග ප්‍රතිඵල කඩිනමින් නිකුත් කරන්නැයි විභාග දෙපාර්තමේන්තුවට අගමැතිනියගෙන් උපදෙස්.

දේශපාලකයින් පාසල් උත්සව වලට ගෙන්වීම වහාම නතර කරන්න.

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Let us work together for a public-oriented government service without misusing public resources.

A country cannot be built without the people’s confidence in the law, public service, and political authority.

Building an efficient public service is our goal.

Prime Minister Dr. Harini Amarasuriya emphasized the need to work together for a public-oriented government service that avoids misusing public resources. The Prime Minister made these remarks during a meeting with officials at the Prime Minister’s Office at Flower Road, Colombo, this morning (25th).

Prime Minister Dr. Harini Amarasuriya further commented:

"We must understand that the President was not elected in just another presidential election. This election took place after a struggle against the previous g MORE >>

Dr. Harini Amarasuriya, who became the 16th Prime Minister of Sri Lanka, began her duties at the Prime Minister’s Office at Flower Road, Colombo, this afternoon (24th).

She is the first woman in South Asia to rise to the position of Prime Minister without coming from a political family.

Prime Minister Amarasuriya stated that the current government is ready to bring about the change the people expect and called for everyone’s commitment and support to achieve it.

Meanwhile, the newly appointed Secretary to the Prime Minister, Mr. G. Pradeep Saputantri, also commenced his duties at the Prime Minister’s Secretariat.

Prime Minister’s Additional Secretaries Harsha Wijewardene, Mahinda Gunaratne, Senior Assistant Secretary D. Mashanka H. Liyanage, and a group of officials from the Prime Minister’s Office participated in the event.

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