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Her Royal Highness Princess Anne, the Princess Royal of the
#UnitedKingdom
and her Spouse, Vice Admiral Sir Timothy Laurence, met with President Ranil Wickremesinghe during their three-day official visit to
#SriLanka
. (1/3)
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Hon. Ranil Wickremesinghe was sworn in as Prime Minister at the Presidential Secretariat this morning.
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🇫🇷 President
@EmmanuelMacron
made a historic visit to 🇱🇰 yesterday (28), following his trip to the South Pacific Region. This visit marked the first time a 🇫🇷 President had visited the country. (1/8)
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During the inspection tour at the Dept of Motor Traffic office in Werahera today, President
@GotabayaR
emphasized the need to provide a speedy service to public, as “time” is a vital factor for anyone.
#VisionInAction
#ActioningTheBlueprint
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President Maithripala Sirisena, in terms of powers vested in him as the under Emergency Regulations No. 01 of 2019, has taken steps to ban the organizations National Thawheed Jammath (NTJ) and Jamathei Millathu Ibraheem (JMI) in Sri Lanka.
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“Major search operation has been undertaken. Every household in the country will be checked. The lists of permanent residents of every house will be established to ensure no unknown persons could live anywhere,” - President
@MaithripalaS
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Hon Mahinda Rajapaksa: Minister of Finance and Economic Affairs.
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In a special address, President Ranil Wickremesinghe expressed his deep gratitude to the people of
#SriLanka
for the mandate granted during the 21st presidential election. (1/4)
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President
@GotabayaR
discussed with the Ministry of Information and Communication Technology the possibility of gathering all personal information (National Identity Cards, driving licenses, immigration and etc) under one data collection center.
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Hon. Dr. Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe: Minister of Education and Higher Education.
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President Maithripala Sirisena accepted the resignation letters of Governors Azath Salley and M. L. A. M. Hizbullah just a while ago.
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President Gotabaya Rajapaksa met with the India's External Affairs Minister, Mr. Subrahmanyam Jaishankar today.
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A meeting of the heads of state of the
@commonwealthsec
was convened in London yesterday (05).
President
@RW_UNP
extended his congratulations to King Charles III and engaged in a cordial conversation.
Prof. Maithree Wickramasinghe was also in attendance.
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Hon. Arumugam Thondaman: Minister of Hill Country New Villages, Infrastructure and Community Development.
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H.E. Gotabhaya Rajapaksa took oaths as the 7th President of Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka a while ago.
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President Gotabaya Rajapaksa wishes all Christians in Sri Lanka and around the world a merry Christmas filled with
joy and prosperity where Jesus’ teachings of forgiveness, humanity and love spread across
the country.
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Hon. Douglas Devananda: Minister of Resettlement, Rehabilitation, Northern Development, & Hindu Religious Affairs
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Hon. Vasantha Senanayake: Minister of Tourism and Wildlife
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Hon. Ananda Aluthgamage: Deputy Minister of Tourism and Wildlife.
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Hon. Faiszer Musthapha: Minister of Provincial Councils, Local Government, and Sports
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Hon. Suresh Vadivel: State Minister of Plantation Industries
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Fifth Executive President of Sri Lanka, Hon. Mahinda Rajapaksa was sworn in as the Prime Minister of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka before President Gotabhaya Rajapaksa a while ago.
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Hon. Wijith Wijayamuni Zoysa: Minister of Fisheries & Aquatic Resources Development and Rural Economic Affairs
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Hon Dr Harsha De Silva is the new State Minister of National Policies and Economic Affairs.
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Hon. Dunesh Gankanda was sworn in as State Minister of Environment a while ago.
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President Gotabaya Rajapaksa meeting
@abdulla_shahid
Hon Min of Foreign Affairs of Maldives who conveyed warm wishes from HE
@ibusolih
, President of Maldives.
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Hon. Ranjith Siyambalapitiya: Minister of Power and Renewable Energy
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President instructs security forces not to involve journalists in search operations.
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President
@RW_UNP
signed the condolence book at the British High Commission extending his deepest condolences on the passing away of HM Queen Elizabeth II and confirmed that he will travel to the
#UK
to attend the funeral.
@UKinSriLanka
#PMD
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සියලුම පුරවැසියන්ගේ ජිව දත්ත ජීවිතයේ වරක් පමණක් ලබා ගනිමින් නිකුත් කිරීමට අපේක්ෂිත අනන්ය සම ඩිජිටල් හැඳුනුම්පතෙහි (unique digital identity card) වත්මන් තත්ත්වය එම නිලධාරීන් සමග අද (12) පස්වරුවේ ජනාධිපති කාර්යාලයේ දී පැවැති සාකච්ඡාවේදී විමසුමට ලක්විය.
#PMDNews
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Hon. Mahinda Samarasinghe: Minister of Ports and Shipping
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Hon. Mahinda Amaraweera: Minister of Agriculture
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Hon. Dr. Sarath Amunugama: Minister of Foreign Affairs
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A significant meeting took place between the spiritual leader of the Dawoodi Bohras, His Holiness Dr. Syedna Mufaddal Saifuddin Saheb and President Ranil Wickremesinghe, at the official residence of the President. (1/3)
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New Cabinet Appointments -
Hon. Duminda Dissanayake: Minister of Irrigation, Water Resources and Disaster Management.
Hon. Dayasiri Jayasekara: Minister of Skills Development and Vocational Training
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Hon. S. Viyalendiran: Deputy Minister of Regional Development (Eastern Development)
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President Gotabaya Rajapaksa met with Prime Minister of India, Mr. Narendra Modi to rejuvenate the Indo-Lanka relations toward a new era.
@narendramodi
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"ජීවන වියදම්" කැබිනට් අනු කමිටුව අද රැස් වූ අතර, ඉදිරි කන්නයේ සිට අස්වනු මිලදී ගැනීම විද්යානුකූල ක්රමවේදයකට සිදුකිරීමටත්, දිවයින පුරා ගබඩා පහසුකම් පුළුල් කිරීමටත් සාකච්ඡා විය.
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ජනාධිපති ගරු
@MaithripalaS
මැතිතුමා විසින් ගරු කථානායක
@KaruOnline
මැතිතුමා වෙත යොමු කරන ලද ලිපිය.
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The Lotus Tower will be lit at 6.45 pm today to honor and pay tribute to the Healthcare, Armed Forces, Police and all supporting personnel, who are leading the battle against COVID-19.
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The 🇱🇰 delegation led by President
@RW_UNP
met with Indian President Droupadi Murmu at the Rashtrapati Bhavan in Delhi.
@rashtrapatibhvn
#DiplomacyLK
#LKA
#PMD
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New Cabinet Appointments:
Hon. S.B. Nawinne: Minister of Cultural Affairs, Internal Affairs and Regional Development.
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Praising the impressive economic, infrastructure and tech. advancements made under PM
@narendramodi
's leadership, President
@RW_UNP
emphasized that
#India
's growth would have positive impacts on neighbouring nations and
#IndianOceanRegion
during his official visit to 🇮🇳. (1/18)
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Hon. Nimal Siripala de Silva: Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation.
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President Maithripala Sirsena will appoint new Cabinet members in a while.
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President
@GotabayaR
spent time observing the operations and activities of the Narahenpita Special Economic Centre this evening.
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🇫🇷 President
@EmmanuelMacron
is scheduled to visit 🇱🇰 tomorrow evening and will meet President
@RW_UNP
for bilateral discussions.
The two leaders will discuss shared regional and global challenges.
This historic visit is the first by a French President to 🇱🇰.
#DiplomacyLK
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Sri Lankan students returned from Wuhan China, celebrating Independence day in Diyatalawa Army camp.
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The conman that threatened the Principal of a popular school in Moratuwa, claiming to be an advisor to the President, has been arrested by the Colombo Division of Crime today afternoon.
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At meeting held with Ministers & officials of Transport Min & other agencies, the President
@GotabayaR
emphasized need for an efficient & corruption-free service to the public, whilst simplifying processes to meet objective of a hassle-free access to public services.
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ගරු ජනාධිපතිතුමන් සහභාගිවන 'සිහිනයකි රෑ' වැඩසටහන හෙට (22) රාත්රී 10.20 ට ජාතික රූපවාහිනියෙන් බලාපොරොත්තුවන්න
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General Shantha Kottegoda, WWV, RWP, RSP, VSV, USP was appointed as Secretary of Defence a short while ago.
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In the Global Response in Infectious Diseases Index, Sri Lanka and President
@GotabayaR
has been ranked ninth position. This index is designed to rank the efficiency and effectiveness of the leadership of the country and the preparedness of its health system to combat COVID-19
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Hon. Chamal Rajapaksa: Minister of Health, Nutrition and Indigenous Medicine
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President
@RW_UNP
inspected locally fabricated Combat All-Terrain Vehicles at the Presidential Secretariat today.
Produced locally by Ideal Motor Company, they are a part of the new concept of
@srilanka_navy
Marine Corps to counter illegal activities along the coast of 🇱🇰. (1/2)
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Curfew will be lifted from 20th April onwards in all districts, excepting areas specifically mentioned/are in isolation.
#PMDNews
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President
@RW_UNP
said that the
#education
of children can't be allowed to be taken hostage and if teachers don't make themselves available for A/L exam paper marking by next week, he wouldn't hesitate to make education an essential service under emergency law, (1/7)
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Hon. President
@RW_UNP
's New Year Message.
"We are looking at the New Year 2023 after having undergone the bleakest of times, immense hardships, as well as the uncertainties & hopelessness of the last year. I understand the great burdens that are placed on all of us & the (1/5)
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175 discarded buses owned by the Sri Lanka Transport Board were repaired and deployed for operation.
These buses had been taken out of service due to the lack of spare parts as a result of the country’s import restrictions. (1/3)
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කොළඹ, ගම්පහ, කළුතර සහ පුත්තලම දිස්ත්රික්කවල ඇඳිරි නීතිය තිබියදී ජන ජීවිතය සහ ආයතන ක්රියාකාරිත්වය යථා තත්වයට පත් කිරීම මැයි 11, සඳුදා ඇරඹෙයි.
#PMDNews
#CurfewUpdates
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Amid a rejuvenated focus on revitalizing
#SriLanka
’s tourism industry, President Ranil Wickremesinghe embarked on an observation tour in the Tangalle and Galle areas, underscoring the government’s commitment to enhancing tourist facilities. (1/6)
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ශ්රී ලංකා පාර්ලිමේන්තුවේ වර්තමාන සැසිවාරය කුමන හේතුවක් නිසා හෝ අවසන් කිරීමට කටයුතු නොකරන බව ජනාධිපති ගරු මෛත්රීපාල සිරිසේන මැතිතුමා දන්වා සිටී.
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Hon. Wimal Weerawansa: Minister of Housing and Social Welfare
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Curfew in Colombo, Gampaha, Kalutara and Puttalam districts to continue until 5am on Monday (04). Curfew in other districts will be lifted at 5am & re-imposed at 8 pm from Monday (27) till Friday (01).
#PMDNews
#CurfewUpdates
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රාජ්ය නායකයින්ට, විරෝධාර රණවිරුවන්ට රටට සහ ජනතාවට ආශිර්වාද පළ කරමින් සර්ව රාත්රික පරිත්රාණ ධර්ම දේශනාවක් ඊයේ කොටුව ජනාධිපති මන්දිරයේ දී පැවැත්විණි.
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Hon. A.H.M. Fowzie: State Minister Of National Unity, Co-existence and Muslim Religious Affairs
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President
@RW_UNP
expressed his regret to the 🇯🇵 Govt. for the suspension of the Colombo Light Rail Transit project, which was being implemented with 🇯🇵 support. (1/4)
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Hon Harin Fernando is the new Cabinet Minister of Digital Infrastructure & Foreign Employment.
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Do not get deceived by the false news which is being shared on social media in the light of the current situation in the country.
Please pay attention to the news received by official electronic and print media, inc the Government Information Department and the PMD only.
#PMDNews
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Hon. Angajan Ramanathan: Deputy Minister of Agriculture
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President
@RW_UNP
joined the swearing-in ceremony of Indian Prime Minister Shri
@narendramodi
, held this evening (09) at the Rashtrapati Bhavan, New Delhi.
#DiplomacyLK
#LKA
#PMD
@MFA_SriLanka
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Hon. Kader Kader Masthan: Deputy Minister of Resettlement, Rehabilitation, and Northern Development.
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Hon. Mohan Lal Grero: State Minister of Education and Higher Education
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Hon Ranil Wickemasinghe is the new Cabinet Minister of Law and Order.
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President Ranil Wickremesinghe inaugurated his new political office in Colombo today (06).
The office will serve as the center for future political operations. (1/2)
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Corrected: Hon Sagala Ratnayake the new Cabinet Minster of Youth Affairs and Southern Development.
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President
@RW_UNP
shared his intentions to establish the Institute of History, with the aim of bringing together the museum, archives, archaeology, cultural triangle and universities with the Royal Asiatic Society of 🇱🇰 as the focal point. (1/3)
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As promised in the manifesto, Six-Member Committee of professionals was appointed to make recommendations on the appointment of competent personnel to the Boards of Public Sector Institutes.
Send your applications to the below Email by December 18th.
sb
@presidentsoffice
.lk
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Launching 'DIGIECON 2030', an important step towards transforming
#SriLanka
into an inclusive
#digitaleconomy
, President
@RW_UNP
emphasized the need to adopt new technologies and innovative solutions to promote sustainable economic growth and enhance global competitiveness (1/3)
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Hon Ajith P Perara is the new State Minister of Prisons and Rehabilitation.
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President
@RW_UNP
, addressing the Ananda College prize-giving, encouraged all students to equip themselves with knowledge of all aspects of modern technology so they could take over 🇱🇰 by 2048.
Asking students to consider their options once 🇱🇰's economy stabilizes over (1/2)
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"Today marks an important milestone in 🇱🇰’s recovery journey. The
@IMFNews
Executive Board approved our IMF program enabling us to access now up to USD 7 bn in funding from IMF & IFIs. I’m very grateful to the IMF and our official creditors for their continued support (1/3)
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Hon. Nishantha Muthuhettigamage: Deputy Minister of Ports and Shipping
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ජනාධිපති මාධ්ය අංශයේ ලිපි ශීර්ෂය භාවිතා කරමින් ජනාධිපති මාධ්ය නිකුත් කළ නිවේදයනක් ලෙස ව්යාජ ලෙස සකස් කරවූ පහත නීවේදන ලිපිය සමාජ මාධ්ය ඔස්සෙ සමාජ ජාල පරීශීලකයන් වෙත යැවීමට යම් කිසි දේශපාලන කණ්ඩායමක් කටයුතු කරමින් සිටී පහත ඇති ලිපිය සම්පූර්ණ අසත්ය ව්යාජ ලෙස සැකසූ ලිපියකි.
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Hon. Sriyani Wijewickrama: State Minister of Provincial Councils, Local Government, and Sports.
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President Ranil Wickremesinghe visited the Court Lodge Estate to explore opportunities for the revival of the tourism industry around the picturesque hills of Nuwara Eliya. (1/6)
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