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Indian HC and Moragoda visit Vidyalankara Pirivena
The High Commissioner for India to Sri Lanka, Mr. Gopal Bagley and Mr. Milinda Moragoda, High Commissioner-designate for Sri Lanka to India paid a joint visit to the Vidyalankara Pirivena at Peliyagoda on Thursday (Mar. 25) morning.
After being welcomed by Ven. Welamitiyawe Gnanarathane Thero, Director, Vidyalankara Pirivena and other officials, they worshipped the Buddha relics donated by India to the Vidyalankara Pirivena in 1940.
The visitors also called on the most Ven. Welamitiyawe Dharmakirthi Sri Kusala Dhamma Nayaka Thero, Chief of the Vidyalankara Pirivena.
The purpose of the visit by High Commissioner Bagley was to revive historical connections between Vidyalankara Pirivena and India. A presentation on the historical linkages between India and Vidyalankara Pirivena was made by Mr. Bertram Liyanage, Director of the Office of Buddhist Encyclopedia.
During the discussion, High Commissioner Bagley emphasized the paramount necessity of reviving historical, academic and research linkages that had existed between Vidyalankara Pirivena and similar institutions and personalities in India and deepening people-to-people contacts between the two countries.
The High Commissioner acknowledged that the Vidyalankara Pirivena is one of the foremost learning centers in Sri Lanka instrumental in fostering relations between the two countries at various levels.
In 1944, Dr. Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan was invited as the Chief Guest of the first Convocation of the Vidyalankara Pirivena and conferred with the honorary title of “Vidyācakravari”. In 1959, then President of India, Dr. Rajendra Prasad participated as the Chief Guest at the establishment of Vidyalankara University.
Among the prominent Indian personalities who visited the Vidyalankara Pirivena were Jawaharlal Nehru, Indira Gandhi and Rabindranath Tagore.
The Pathfinder Foundation is planning to celebrate 80 years of diplomatic relations between India and Sri Lanka in 2022 with the focus on commemorating the appointment in 1942 of Sir Baron Jayatilaka as Sri Lanka’s first emissary to India. Sir Baron was a student of Vidyalankara Pirivena.
High Commissioner Bagley was accompanied by Ms. Irina Thakur, First Secretary (Commerce and Culture) at the Indian High Commission and Mr. Moragoda by Mr. SumithNakandala, Director of the Centre for Indo-Lanka Initiatives and Mr. Gamini Godakanda, Director, Media at the Pathfinder Foundation.
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Based on the observations submitted by the Task Force on Prevention of Money Laundering and Financing for Terrorism, approval of the Cabinet of Ministers was granted at their meeting held on 18.12.2024 to amend the Trust Ordinance No. 9 of 1917 including amendments proposed by the Financial
Intelligence Unit of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka.
Accordingly, clearance of the Attorney General has been granted for the Trust (Amendment) Draft Bill formulated by the Legal Draftsman.
Therefore, the Cabinet of Ministers approved the resolution furnished by the Minister of Justice and National Integration
to publish the said draft bill in the government gazette notification and thereby, submit the same to the Parliament for its concurrence.
Action was taken to provide a fuel relief for the fuel consumers during the months of April, May and June of 2026 to redress by minimizing the impact caused to the day today life of the citizens of this country as well as the entire economy due to the price hike of petroleum fuel in the global market resulting from the war situation in the Middle East.
Government mediation is essential for minimizing the impact on the day to today life of citizens in this country due to that war situation not being ended further. Therefore, it has been planned to redress on the sale price for Auto Diesel and Industrial Diesel for a period of 03 months by the Government to provide relief to the public as well as to maintain the prices at a bearable level to the consumers without escalating the fuel prices in this country compared to the escalation of fuel prices
in the international market.
Therefore, the Cabinet of Ministers granted approval for the resolution furnished by the President in his capacity as the Minister of Finance, Planning and Economic Development to
allocate provisions subject to the monthly limitations respectively as rupees 15 billion for the month of October, rupees 13.5 billion for the month of November and rupees 12.15 billion for the month of December to provide the said relief
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Establishment of a Spectrum Management and Monitoring System and a Quality of Service and Quality of Experience System for the Telecommunications Regulatory Commission of Sri Lanka
Approval was granted at the Cabinet meeting held on 2025-10-21 for the Ministry of Digital Economy and the Department of External Resources to work with the Asian Development Bank as an international development partner for the “Digital Transformation Development Project”.
As a main implementing agency of that project, the Telecommunications Regulatory Commission of Sri Lanka (TRCSL) requires a Spectrum Management and Monitoring System as well as a System for Quality of Service and Quality
of Experience). It has been identified that the external funding estimate for this requirement has been identified as USD 9.25 million.
Accordingly, the Cabinet of Ministers has approved the resolution furnished by the President in his capacity as the Minister of Digital Economy to obtain a “Spectrum Management and Monitoring System” and a “System for Quality of Service and Quality of Experience” for the TRCSL under the ADB-funded Digital Transformation Development Project.
Draft Bill for amending the Trust Ordinance
Implementing further relief programme to Public sffected by the Middle East conflict situation
Establishment of a Spectrum Management and Monitoring System and a Quality of Service and Quality of Experience System for the Telecommunications Regulatory Commission of Sri Lanka
Appointment of a Committee for the Restitution of Sri Lankan Cultural Heritage Held Abroad
Ten-Year National Action Plan on the Social Protection Sector (2026–2035)
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