Deepavali Message Hindu devotees across the globe light up lamps and engage in religious observances with the expectation of dispelling darkness of ignorance and illuminating wisdom. Deepavali festival is a renowned cultural celebration where the devotees extend wishes of enlightenment and share greetings with love and compassion. In my view, cultural festivals of this nature…
Hajj Message It is with pleasure I offer my felicitations to Sri Lankan Muslims and their fellow devotees the world over on this occasion of Eid-ul-Adha. On this day of Hajj, Muslims commemorate immense sacrifices made by Nabi Ibrahim and his…
Message My heartiest greetings to all Muslims in Sri Lanka, who celebrate the Ramazan or Eid-ul-fitr together with the Islam devotees around the World. Ramazan or Eid-ul-fitr is one of the most important festivals in the Islamic religious calendar observed by the Muslim community after a month of fasting, and sighting of the crescent moon.…
Vesak Message The Buddhists in Sri Lanka, together with fellow Buddhist brethren the world over, celebrate the Vesak, their supreme religious festival, with much religious fervour and enthusiasm. Since ancient times, it has been the practice to spend the period of Vesak indulging in religious observances with the fervent veneration of…
MESSAGE I wish to make use of this occasion of the International Workers’ Day to salute and pay my respect to the working masses who are making boundless sacrifices in the face of challenges before the nation caused by COVID – 19 outbreak. Many were the challenges we faced and overcame throughout history. In each…
New Year Message I wish the Sinhala and Tamil New Year festival, which is the most splendid cultural extravaganza of the nation, to be a peaceful, a joyful, a prosperous as well as a healthy period for every citizen of our country. The Sinhala and Tamil New Year that dawns with the transition of the…
The Government had suspended all inbound passenger flights and passenger ships as a measure to prevent entry of COVID – 19 virus in to the country. Under no circumstances this decision could be relaxed until the prevailing situation occurred due to spread of COVID – 19 returns to normalcy, the Government further announced.
The ongoing curfew in districts of Colombo, Gampaha and Puttalam has been extended till 6.00am on Tuesday (24). In the districts curfew will be re-imposed at 2.pm on the same day (24). Curfew in other districts will be lifted at 6.00 am on Monday (23) and will come to effect again at 2.00pm on the same day.…
Curfew imposed until Monday All forms of groups tours banned In an attempt to mitigate the spread COVID – 19, the Government has taken two more stern measures today. First is the imposing an island-wide curfew with effect from 6.00pm today (20) until 6.00am on Monday (23). The Government will announce the time of re-imposition…
An Island-wide curfew has been imposed with effect from 6.00pm today (20) till 6.00 am on Monday (23), the Presidential Secretariat announced.