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Ambassador-designate Palitha Kohona feted
Sri Lanka’s Ambassador-designate to China, Dr. Palitha Kohona was feted at a felicitation dinner hosted by Emeritus President & CEO of PATA, Lakshman and Barbara Ratnapala at their residence in Platinum Suites, Colombo 3 on Thursday.
During the pre-dinner cocktail hour, proposing a Champagne toast, Lakshman Ratnapala said he was an “old China hand” as perhaps the oldest living Sri Lankan to have visited China.
He said he had accompanied premier Zhou-En Lai, who was visiting Sri Lanka for the Buddha Jayanthi celebrations, to the summit of Sigiriya 1956.
Ratnapala had thereafter visited China with a government media delegation in 1958. He recounted that as PATA President & CEO, he had visited China 30 times and organized several tourism events there. Ratnapala requested Ambassador-designate Kohona to earnestly promote Chinese tourism to Sri Lanka and assured him of any support he needed.
In response, Kohona said that he had learned a lot from his association with Ratnapala ever since he read the latter’s book on growing up in colonial Ceylon.
He said he was aware of the vast potential of China’s outbound tourism not being tapped for our benefit.
He pledged to commit himself to promote Sri Lanka in China and that he would draw on the help and assistance of travel industry personnel in Sri Lanka.
The Cabinet of Ministers has approved the resolution furnished by the Prime Minister in her capacity as the Minister of Education, Higher Education, and Vocational Education to plan, establish, and implement a computer network covering all the branches of the Department of Examination.
The Legal Aid Commission of Sri Lanka was established under the Legal Aid Act No. 27 of 1978 with the objective of facilitating access to justice for all citizens, including vulnerable groups and marginalized persons.
The commission makes a significant contribution to the protection of fundamental rights through the provision of legal aid services promotion of legal awareness, strengthening the rule of law and promoting access to justice.
It has been identified the appropriateness of declaring a National Legal Aid Day to enhance the public awareness of legal rights and remedies, facilitate a national dialogue on law enforcement and enhance the public understanding of the importance of legal services.
Accordingly, having ratified the legal Aid Act No.27 of 1978, the Cabinet of Ministers has approved the resolution furnished by the Minister of Justice and National Integration to declare July 06th as the National Legal Aid Day.
Circulars giving instructions are issued each year regarding the admission of children to grade 1 in government schools, and its’ objective is to provide and ensure equal access to education, to provide necessary provisions and make necessary arrangements to act in a transparent manner and to minimize irregularities.
The new circular has been formulated taking into consideration the views and suggestions of the Commission to Investigate Bribery and Corruption, the Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka, principals and education authorities, while paying attention to the new education reforms.
Accordingly, the Cabinet of Ministers has approved the
resolution formulated by the Prime Minister in her capacity as the Minister of Education, Higher Education, and Vocational Education to issue a new circular containing the relevant provisions and instructions for the admission of children to Grade 1 in government schools from 2027 onwards.
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