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Govt. policy statement to be debated next week

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The government policy statement by President Ranil Wickremesinghe, which will be presented on the 08th of this month, will be taken up for debate on the 9th and the 10th of February.

Secretary General of Parliament Dhammika Dassanayake said the decision was reached at the party leaders meeting held today (3) under the patronage of Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardana.

Accordingly, Parliament will convene on the 09th at 9.30am while the regulations under the Welfare Benefits Act and 51 motions regarding the annual reports of various statutory institutions will be taken up.

Thereafter, the adjournment debate on the government policy statement presented by the President will be debated till 5pm.

The debate on the government policy statement will continue for a second day on the 10th of February from 9.30 am to 5pm.

Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena, Deputy Speaker Ajith Rajapakse, Leader of the House Minister Susil Premajayantha, Chief Government Whip Minister Prasanna Ranatunga and party leaders were present at the meeting.

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Gota’s national schools project, scrapped

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The government has decided to abolish the project launched under former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa to upgrade 671 provincial schools as national schools.

Under the project, each school was allocated Rs.02 million – totaling over Rs.1340 million – for emergency renovations and new national school name boards, with some costing over Rs.500,000.

Schools have now been instructed to remove these boards, along with the “National School” title, official seals, and letterheads, and revert to their previous identities.

The initiative aimed to increase the number of national schools to 329,000, but only 05 schools in the Western Province were converted.

Professor Kapila Perera, Secretary of the Ministry of Education at that time, now serves as Secretary to the Ministry of Transport and Highways.

(Source: Aruna)

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Gazette issued on 2026 Public & Bank Holidays

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The Government of Sri Lanka has officially declared the list of Public and Bank Holidays for the year 2026, through an Extraordinary Gazette issued on Tuesday, May 27, 2025.

The gazette issued is as follows : 

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Postal strike ends

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The Union of Postal and Telecommunications Officers says postal services will operate as usual today (May 31).

Secretary Manjula Jayasundara stated that striking union members returned to work from yesterday (May 30) afternoon, and distribution of over 2,000 delayed mail bags has begun.

This strike, launched over 10 demands including delays in recruitment, has reportedly drawn the attention of the relevant authorities.

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