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ACJU centenary celebrations to be attended by President, PM
By Ifham Nizam
The All Ceylon Jamiyyathul Ulama (ACJU) will celebrate its centenary service under the patronage of President Ranil Wickremesinghe as the chief guest and Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena as the special guest.
The event is scheduled take place on Jan 19 at the BMICH.Speaking to the media on Wednesday at ACJU Headquarters in Colombo, its General Secretary M. Arkam Nooramith saidthey would focus on coexistence, education and youth in their centenary celebrations.
He said education, is one of the greatest treasures that should be acquired by every human being in this world. Islam has made it compulsory upon every male and female to seek knowledge. Literacy plays a major role in acquiring education.
“It is through writing we read. Reading and writing are significant gateways to acquire knowledge. In fact, writing is an ‘Amaanath’ and being a writer is a responsibility. Writers perform a significant duty of developing the society through his thoughts, creativity and activities. Accordingly, a literate society stands ahead in the improvement of all aspects of humanity.”
He said that an educated community dispels the darkness of society and illuminates it. The pre-Islamic Arabian social environment was known as ‘Ayyamul Jaahiliyyah’ which is interpreted as the dark period of ignorance. They were at the height of ignorance and were engaged in sins such as murder, robbery, adultery, gambling and vain disputes. Almighty Allah guided this society to the righteous path with the light of revelation.
He also said that co-existence involves more than just tolerance, for tolerance does not ensure harmony. It requires the willingness to understand diversity, the need for understanding and open discussions as well as being able to hold our religious differences not in isolation but in relation to one another, which is an important aspect for coexistence to be implemented in Sri Lanka.
Understanding the importance of establishing racial and religious harmony in Sri Lanka ACJU instituted a dedicated division under the name of CCC – Council for Cooperation and Coordination, to focus this matter.
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Ms. M.K.D.N. Madampe, appointed as Director General of the Department of Management Services
The Cabinet of Ministers has approved the resolution furnished by the President in his capacity as the Minister of Finance, Planning and Economic Development, to appoint Ms. M.K.D.N. Madampe, an officer of the Sri Lanka Administrative Service in the Special Grade who is currently serving as an Additional Director General of the Department of Management Services, to the post of Director General of the Department of Management Services with immediate effect.
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Cabinet approves collaboration agreement between Sri Lanka and Brazil for the implementation of the “Sugarcane Project in Sri Lanka”
At present, approximately 90% of the country’s sugar requirement is met through imports, resulting in a considerable expenditure of foreign exchange. Therefore, the necessity of obtaining international technological assistance for overcoming the loopholes and challenges existing in the local sugarcane
sector has been identified.
Taking that situation into consideration, the Ministry of Industries and Entrepreneurship Development of Sri Lanka, the Sugarcane Research Institute, and the National Science Foundation, together with the Brazilian Cooperation Agency and the Federal University of São Carlos, have planned to implement a project titled the “Sugarcane Project in Sri Lanka.”
Through the proposed project, it is expected to obtain the expertise and experience possessed by Brazil, as a global leader in sugarcane production, for the purposes of increasing sugarcane yield and sugar production in Sri Lanka, enhancing the technical capacity of stakeholders through training and
knowledge exchange, promoting value addition and the efficient utilization of by-products, and strengthening institutional capacity within the sugar production sector.
Accordingly, the Cabinet of Ministers has approved the resolution furnished by the Minister of Industries and Entrepreneurship Development to implement the proposed project over a period of 36 months under the framework of
the Technical Cooperation Agreement signed between the two countries in 2008.
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Cabinet approval for Implementation of a Project for the Joint Exchange of Genetic Resources between Sri Lanka and Vietnam and the Development of High-Yielding and Salinity-resilient Rice Varieties.
With the objective of improving the productivity of paddy cultivation, a Memorandum of Understanding on cooperation in the agricultural sector was entered into on 2025-05-05 between the Department of Agriculture of Sri Lanka and the Vietnam Academy of Agricultural Sciences.
Under the afore Memorandum of Understanding, both parties have agreed to implement a project titled “Joint Exchange of Genetic Resources and Development of High-Yielding and Salinity-resilient Rice Varieties through Hybridization between Sri Lanka and Vietnam.”
The activities proposed to be carried out under the said project include the exchange of germplasm materials of rice varieties between the two countries, the conduct of joint breeding and hybridization programmes, the evaluation and selection of advanced breeding lines under local conditions, the establishment of field trials, the training of research officers, and the exchange of knowledge.
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Cabinet approves collaboration agreement between Sri Lanka and Brazil for the implementation of the “Sugarcane Project in Sri Lanka”
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