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අභියෝග ජය ගන්නට කැප වෙමු

ශ්‍රී ලංකාවට නිදහස ලබා ගෙන 73 වසරක් පිරීම නිමිත්තෙන් ශ්‍රී ලංකාවාසී සියලු දෙනාටත් ලොවවටා සියලු ශ්‍රී ලාංකිකයන්ටත් සුබ පැතීමට ලැබීම ගැන සතුටු වෙමි.

බටහිර විදේශ ආක්‍රමණ විසින් මෙරට වසර හාරසීය පනහක් පමණ යටත් විජිතයක් බවට පත් කොට ශ්‍රී ලාංකිකයන් සමාජ ආර්ථික හා දේශපාලන වශයෙන් පීඩාවට පත් කිරීමට එරෙහිව ලෝකයේ ශ්‍රේෂ්ඨ හා පෞඪ ජාතියක් ලෙස ජාතික විමුක්ති අරගල රැසක් මෙහෙයවමින් නිදහස, ස්වාධීනත්වය හා ස්වෛරීත්වය උදෙසා අපේ අතීත ජාතික විරුවන් හා රණවිරුවන් කටයුතු කර ඇති ආකාරය අභිමානයෙන් සමරමු. පෘතුගීසි, ලන්දේසි හා ඉංග්‍රීසි ජාතීන්ගෙන් ශ්‍රී ලංකාව නිදහස් කර ගැනීමේ දී සියලු භේද වලින් තොරව ශ්‍රී ලාංකිකයින් ලෙස එකමුතුව කටයුතු කර අපේ මාතෘ භූමිය නිදහස් කර ගැනීම සම්බන්ධයෙන් ඔවුන් තුළ තිබූ කැපවීම හා අධිෂ්ඨානය අප සිහිපත් කරන්නේ ගෞරවයෙනි.  එසේ 1948 පෙබරවාරි 04 වන දා ලබා ගත් නිදහසේ හැත්තෑතුන් වන සංවත්සරය අද දින සමරනු ලබන්නේ මහත් වූ අභිමානයෙනි.

1948 පෙබරවාරි 04 වන දා අප දිනා ගත් නිදහස 1972 මැයි 22 දින ශ්‍රී ලංකාව ජනරජයක් බවට ප්‍රකාශ කිරීමෙන් බ්‍රිතාන්‍ය කිරීටයෙන් සම්පූර්ණයෙන්ම ගැළවීමට අපට හැකි විය.

ශ්‍රී ලංකා ජනාධිපති අතිගරු ගෝඨාභය රාජපක්ෂ මැතිතුමා ගේ සෞභාග්‍යයේ දැක්ම ප්‍රතිපත්ති ප්‍රකාශනය යතාර්ථයක් බවට පත්කර ගෙන නිදහස්, ස්වාධීන, ස්වෛරී, සෞභාග්‍යමත් ශ්‍රී ලංකාවක් ගොඩනැගීමට අප සියලු දෙනා අද දිනයේ ද සපථ කරන්නේ හැත්තෑතුන් වසරක විවිධ අභියෝග ජයගනිමින් බව ද සිහිතබා ගනිමු.

මෙරටේ ස්වෛරීභාවය, ස්වාධීනත්වය හා භෞමික අඛණ්ඩතාවයට එරෙහිව ජාතික හා ජාත්‍යන්තරව ගොඩ නැඟුණු අභියෝග ද අප සිහියේ තබා ගත යුතුය. වසර 30 ක් පුරාවට පැවැති බෙදුම්වාදී මිලේච්ඡ  ත්‍රස්තවාදය පරාජය කර ලෝකයේ රටවල් සමඟ මිත්‍ර සබඳතා පවත්වාගෙන ශ්‍රී ලංකාව සෞභාග්‍යමත් දේශයක් කරන්නට අධිෂ්ඨානශීලී ගමනක යෙදී සිටිමු. ඒ අතර අද අප හා ලොව  අනපේක්ෂිත ලෝක වසංගතයකට මුහුණ දී සිටින්නෙමු. ලෝකයම ගොදුරු කර ගෙන සිටින කොවිඩ්. 19 වසංගතයෙන්  ද අපට ජයගත හැකිය. ලෝකයේ දියුණු තාක්ෂණය හා දේශීය පාරම්පාරික අත්දැකීම් පාදක කර ගනිමින් මෙම වසංගතය පරාජය කරන්නට රජය ගෙන යන වැඩ පිළිවෙල සාර්ථක කර ගැනීමට සහය දීම අප සියලු දෙනා ගේ වගකීමකි.

අප දිනාගෙන ඇති නිදහස අඛණ්ඩව ස්වාධීන ස්වෛරී ප්‍රජාතන්ත්‍රවාදී ඒකීය රාජ්‍යයක් ලෙස මධ්‍යස්ථ හා නොබැඳුනු විදේශ ප්‍රතිපත්තියට මුල් තැන දෙමින්  සියලු රාජ්‍යයන් සමඟ මිත්‍රත්වයෙන් සහයෝගීතාව පවත්වා ගනිමින් ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ ගෞරවය හා අභිමානය අනන්‍යතාවය රැකගෙන  අපි ඉදිරියටම යමු.

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சவால்களிலிருந்து மீண்டெழுவதற்கு நாங்கள் அனைவரும் கடமைப்பட்டுள்ளோராகவிருப்போம்

இலங்கைக்கு சுதந்திரம் கிடைத்த 73வது ஆண்டு விழாவை முன்னிட்டு, இலங்கையிலும், உலகெங்கிலும் உள்ள இலங்கையர்கள் அனைவரையும் வாழ்த்துவதில் மட்டற்ற மகிழ்ச்சியடைகின்றேன்.

உலகின் ஒரு சிறந்த மற்றும் பெருமைமிக்க தேசம் என்ற வகையிலும், மேற்கத்தேய வெளிநாட்டுப் படையெடுப்புக்களால் நானூற்று ஐம்பது ஆண்டுகளாக நாட்டில் குடியேற்றங்களை மேற்கொள்வதன் மூலமான சமூக, பொருளாதார மற்றும் அரசியல் ஒடுக்குமுறை ஆகியவற்றுக்கு எதிரான ஒரு தேசம் என்ற வகையிலும், நாட்டின் விடுதலை, சுதந்திரம் மற்றும் இறையாண்மைக்காக எமது கடந்தகால தேசிய வீரர்கள் மற்றும் போர்வீரர்களின் செயற்பாடுகளை பெருமையுடன் கொண்டாடுகின்றோம். போர்த்துக்கேயர், ஒல்லாந்தர் மற்றும் ஆங்கிலேயர்களிடமிருந்து இலங்கையை விடுவிப்பதில் எந்தவித பாகுபாடும் இன்றி இலங்கையர்களாக ஒன்றிணைந்து பணியாற்றியதன் மூலம், எமது தாய்நாட்டை விடுவிப்பதற்கான அவர்களின் அர்ப்பணிப்பு மற்றும் உறுதிப்பாட்டை நாம் மரியாதையுடன் நினைவு கூர்கின்றோம். 1948 பிப்ரவரி 04ஆந் திகதி பெற்றுக்கொள்ளப்பட்ட சுதந்திரத்தின் 73வது ஆண்டு நிறைவை இன்றைய தினம் குறித்து நிற்கின்றது.

1948 பிப்ரவரி 04ஆந் திகதி நாம் வெற்றி கொண்ட சுதந்திரமும், 1972 மே 22ஆந் திகதி இலங்கையை குடியரசாக அறிவித்தமையும் பிரித்தானிய ஆட்சியில் இருந்து முற்றிலும் விடுபடுவதற்கு எமக்கு உதவியது.

இலங்கை ஜனாதிபதி அதிமேதகு கோட்டாபய ராஜபக்ஷ அவர்களின் ‘நாட்டைக் கட்டியெழுப்பும் செழிப்பான பார்வை’ என்ற இலக்குகளை யதார்த்தமயமானதாக மாற்றுவதற்கும், பல்வேறு சவால்களைத் தாண்டி எழுபத்து மூன்று ஆண்டுகளுக்குப் பின்னர் ஒரு சுதந்திரமான, சுயாதீனமான, இறையாண்மை மிக்க மற்றும் வளமான இலங்கையை உருவாக்குவதற்கும் இன்று நாம் அனைவரும் உறுதிபூணுகின்றோம் என்பதையும் நினைவில் கொள்வோம்.

இந்த நாட்டின் இறையாண்மை, சுதந்திரம் மற்றும் பிராந்திய ஒருமைப்பாடு ஆகியவற்றுக்கு எதிராக தேசிய மற்றும் சர்வதேச அளவில் எழுந்துள்ள சவால்களையும் நாம் மனதில் கொள்ள வேண்டும். 30 ஆண்டுகால பிரிவினைவாத மற்றும் கொடூரமான பயங்கரவாதத்தைத் தோற்கடித்ததன் பின்னர், உலக நாடுகளுடன் நட்புறவைப் பேணி, இலங்கையை வளமான நாடாக மாற்றியமைப்பதற்கு நாங்கள் உறுதியாக இருக்கின்றோம். இதற்கிடையில், எதிர்வுகூற முடியாத உலகளாவிய தொற்றுநோயை நாமும் முழு உலகமும் இன்று எதிர்கொள்கின்றோம். முழு உலகையும் பாதிக்கும் கோவிட்-19 தொற்றுநோயிலிருந்து எம்மால் மீண்டெழ முடியும். இந்தத் தொற்றுநோயைத் தோற்கடிப்பதற்கான உலகின் மேம்பட்ட தொழில்நுட்பம் மற்றும் உள்நாட்டுப் பாரம்பரிய அனுபவம் ஆகியவற்றை அடிப்படையாகக் கொண்ட அரசாங்கத்தின் திட்டத்தை ஆதரிப்பது எம் அனைவரினதும் பொறுப்பாகும்.

நாம் வெற்றி கொண்ட சுதந்திரத்துடன், இலங்கையின் கௌரவம், பெருமை மற்றும் அடையாளத்தைப் பேணும் அதே நேரத்தில் அனைத்து அரசுகளுடனும் நட்பு ரீதியான ஒத்துழைப்பைப் பேணி, நடுநிலையான மற்றும் அணிசேரா வெளியுறவுக் கொள்கைக்கு முன்னுரிமை அளித்து, சுதந்திரமான, இறையாண்மை மிகுந்த, ஜனநாயக ரீதியான, ஒற்றையாட்சி நாடாக முன்னேற்றமடைவோம்.

தினேஷ் குணவர்தன

வெளிநாட்டு அமைச்சர்

இலங்கை ஜனநாயக சோசலிசக் குடியரசு

Let us be committed to overcome challenges

It is a pleasure for me to be able to congratulate all in Sri Lanka and the Sri Lankans around the world, on the occasion of the 73^rd anniversary of gaining independence to Sri Lanka.

We celebrate with pride, the activities of our past national heroes and war heroes for the freedom, independence and sovereignty of the country, as a great and proud nation in the world and as a nation against the social, economic and political oppression due to colonization of the country for four hundred and fifty years by the Western foreign invasions. We recall with reverence, their commitment and determination to liberate our motherland, by working unitedly as Sri Lankans without any discrimination, in liberating Sri Lanka from the Portuguese, Dutch and English. Today marks the 73rd anniversary of the independence gained on 04^th February 1948, which we commemorate with great pride.

The independence we gained on 04^th February 1948 and the declaration of Sri Lanka as a Republic on 22^nd May 1972 have enabled us to be completely free from the British rule.

Let us also remember that today, we all pledge to make Sri Lanka’s President His Excellency Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s vision, ‘Vistas of Prosperity and Splendour’ a reality and to build a free, independent, sovereign and prosperous Sri Lanka, after seventy-three years of overcoming various challenges.

We must also keep in mind, the challenges that have arisen nationally and internationally against the sovereignty, independence and territorial integrity of this country. We are determined to make Sri Lanka a prosperous country, maintaining friendly relations with the nations of the world, after defeating 30 years of separatist and brutal terrorism. Meanwhile, we and the whole world are facing an unpredicted global pandemic today. We can overcome the COVID-19 pandemic that is plaguing the world as well. It is the responsibility of all of us to support the Government’s programme to defeat this pandemic, which is based on the world’s advanced technology and the local traditional experience.

With the independence we have gained, we will continue to advance as an independent, sovereign, democratic and unitary state, maintaining Sri Lanka’s dignity, pride and identity while maintaining friendly cooperation with all states, prioritizing the neutral and non-aligned foreign policy.

Dinesh Gunawardena

Foreign Minister

Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka

නිදහස් දින පණිවුඩය

 ශ්‍රී ලාංකේය සියලු පුරවැසියන් 73 වන ජාතික නිදහස් දිනය සමරනු ලබන්නේ ඉමහත් අභිමානයෙනි. යටත් විජිතයක් බවට පත් වූ දින පටන් නිදහස දිනා ගැනීමට ලක්වැසියන් කළ කැපවීම හා සටන් ලෝක ඉතිහාසයේ නම් දරා තිබේ.

 යුද ශක්තිය මෙන්ම දේශපාලන, ආගමික හා සංස්කෘතික මුහුණුවරින් ද උපක්‍රමික අරගලවල යෙදෙමින් නිදහස දිනාගත් අතීතයක් ශ්‍රී ලාංකේය ජාතියට හිමිය.

 අද වන විට අපගේ මාතෘභූමියට අවශ්‍යව ඇත්තේ ලැබූ නිදහස අර්ථවත් කර ගැනීමේ ක්‍රියාවලියයි. ජාතීන් අතර සමගිය වර්ධනය කර ගැනීම හා ආගමික සංහිඳියාව ඊට දක්වන්නේ ප්‍රබල පිටුබලයකි.

විවිධ අභියෝග හමුවේ දේශියත්වය අගයන ආර්ථික ප්‍රතිපත්තියක් තුළින් මාතෘ භූමිය සංවර්ධනය කරා ගෙනයාමේ මාවතට අප දැන් ප්‍රවිෂ්ට වී තිබේ.

 සෑම ක්ෂේත්‍රයකම සිදුවිය යුතු ප්‍රතිසංස්කරණ අවබෝධ කරගනිමින් ජනතාව මත තැබූ සෞභාග්‍යයේ දැක්ම ප්‍රතිපත්ති මාලාවෙන් නිදහස තවත් අර්ථවත් වනවිට “ඉසුරුමත් හෙට දිනක් – සෞභාග්‍යමත් මව්බිමක්”  යන්න යථාර්තයක් වනු ඇත.

ඉතිහාසය පුරාවට මාතෘ භූමියට එරෙහි දෙස් විදෙස් බලවේග මෙන්ම ත්‍රස්තවාදය පරාජය කිරීමේ ස්ථිර ප්‍රතිපත්තියක අපි කටයුතු කළෙමු. කොතරම් අභියෝග පැමිණිය ද අපගේ මාතෘ භූමිය අප කිසි ලෙසකින් පාවා දී නැත.

 කොවිඩ් – 19 දැන් ලෝකය හමුවේ ඇති විශාලම අභියෝගයයි. ජනතාව මෙම අර්බුදයෙන් නිදහස් කර ගැනීමේ සටනට අප දැන් උර දී සිටී. සතුරු බලවේග පරාජය කිරීමට මෙන්ම කොවිඩ් – 19 පරාජය කිරීමට ද ශ්‍රී ලාංකේය ජාතියක් ලෙස අපි නැගී සිටිමු.

 අපගේ මාතෘ භූමියේ භෞමික අඛණ්ඩතාව හා ස්වෛරීත්වය වෙනුවෙන් ජීවිත පරිත්‍යාග කළ හා අපරිමිත කැපවීම් කළ සියලු දෙනාටත් වර්තමානයේ එම අභියෝගය හමුවේ නොසැලී කැපවන දෑ හිතකාමී සියලු දෙනාටත් මාගේ ගෞරවය පුද කරමි.

 මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ
ශ්‍රී ලංකා ප්‍රජාතාන්ත්‍රික සමාජවාදී ජනරජයේ
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சுதந்திர தின செய்தி

அனைத்து இலங்கையர்களும் 73 ஆவது சுதந்திர தினத்தை மிகுந்த பெருமையுடன் கொண்டாடுகின்றனர்.

காலனித்துவ காலத்திலிருந்து சுதந்திரத்திற்கான மக்களின் அர்ப்பணிப்பும் போராட்டமும் உலக வரலாற்றில் நன்கு அறியப்பட்டவை.

அரசியல், மத மற்றும் கலாசார ரீதியாக மூலோபாய போராட்டங்கள் மூலம் சுதந்திரம் பெற்ற நீண்ட வரலாற்றை இலங்கை தேசம் கொண்டுள்ளது.

நாம் பெற்ற சுதந்திரத்தை அர்த்தமுள்ளதாக்கிக் கொள்ளும் செயல்முறையே இன்று நம் தாய்நாட்டிற்கான தேவையாக உள்ளது. நாடுகளிடையே ஒற்றுமையை வளர்த்தல் மற்றும் மத நல்லிணக்கம் என்பன இதற்கு வலுவான ஆதரவாக அமைந்துள்ளன.

பல்வேறு சவால்களுக்கு மத்தியில் உள்ளூர் உற்பத்திக்கு மதிப்பளிக்கும் பொருளாதார கொள்கை ஊடாக தாய்நாட்டை அபிவிருத்தியை நோக்கி நகரும் பாதையில் நாம் நுழைந்துள்ளோம்.

ஒவ்வொரு துறையிலும் முன்னெடுக்கப்பட வேண்டிய சீர்திருத்தங்களைப் புரிந்துகொண்டு, மக்களிடம் முன்வைக்கப்பட்ட சுபீட்சத்தின் நோக்கு கொள்கை திட்டத்தின் ஊடாக சுதந்திரம் மேலும் அர்த்தமுள்ளதாகும் போது வளமான எதிர்காலம் – சுபீட்சமான தாய்நாடு என்பது யதார்த்தமாகும்.

வரலாறு முழுவதும், தாய்நாட்டிற்கு எதிரான உள்ளூர் மற்றும் வெளிநாட்டு சக்திகளையும், பயங்கரவாதத்தையும் தோற்கடிக்கும் ஒரு நிலையான கொள்கையில் நாம் செயற்பட்டோம். எத்தனை சவால்கள் வந்தாலும், நாங்கள் ஒருபோதும் நம் தாய்நாட்டை காட்டிக் கொடுத்ததில்லை.

கொவிட் -19 தற்போது உலகம் எதிர்கொண்டுள்ள மிகப்பெரிய சவாலாகும். இந்நெருக்கடியிலிருந்து பொதுமக்களை விடுவிப்பதற்கான போராட்டத்தை நாங்கள் முன்னெடுத்து வருகின்றோம். எதிரிப் படைகளைத் தோற்கடிப்பதற்கு போன்றே, கொவிட் -19 தொற்றை தோற்கடிப்பதற்கும் இலங்கை தேசமாக நாங்கள் எழுந்து நிற்போம்.

எங்கள் தாய்நாட்டின் பிராந்திய ஒருமைப்பாடு மற்றும் இறையாண்மைக்காக தங்கள் உயிரைத் தியாகம் செய்த மற்றும் மகத்தான தியாகங்களைச் செய்த அனைவருக்கும் மற்றும் இன்று அந்த சவால்களுக்கு மத்தியில் அர்ப்பணிப்புடன் செயற்படும் அனைவருக்கும் நான் மரியாதை செலுத்துகின்றேன்.

மஹிந்த ராஜபக்ஷ

இலங்கை ஜனநாயக  சோசலிச குடியரசின்

பிரதமர்

Independence Day message

It is with immense pride that we celebrate our 73rd Independence Day today. It is an opportunity to remind ourselves of the unfaltering spirit and commitment of our people in the fight for freedom.

Sri Lankans have stood the test of time, fighting many a battle, gallantly, in the long struggle to gain political, religious and cultural independence. Today, we are at a point in our journey where we must work collectively to ensure that the freedom we won, not once but twice, is a meaningful one for all Sri Lankans.

Despite the many challenges we faced as a nation last year, we have embarked on a journey and adopted policies that focus on the growth of the economy by giving preference to locally produced items. The ‘Vistas of Prosperity’ Manifesto has carefully studied and identified areas in each sector that need reform, to better serve Sri Lankans, not limiting, ‘working towards a better tomorrow to achieve a prosperous Sri Lanka’, to mere words, but a reality that is tangible and meaningful to all.

History tells the story of a nation and its people who have always stood resolute in battles against any local, foreign and terrorist outfits that threatened the territorial integrity and sovereignty of Sri Lanka. Our people’s dedication and patriotism to protect our beautiful motherland reflect how we, as a nation, have stood against numerous challenges and continue to do so in these trying times.

The biggest challenge the world faces today is the COVID-19 global pandemic. As we work collectively towards our shared quest to overcome these perilous times, I believe that the unfaltering Sri Lankan spirit will unite and stand strong in defeating this pandemic and emerge victorious.

In celebrating our Independence, we remember all those who have paid with life and limb to protect the sovereignty and territorial integrity of our nation, time and time again. We also take a moment today, to remember those men and women who are the frontline soldiers battling this current pandemic we are facing, giving selflessly of their skills and time to protect Sri Lanka and her people.

I express my heartfelt gratitude to all Sri Lankans for their contribution towards the success of our motherland. Happy 73rd Independence Day.

Mahinda Rajapaksa

Prime Minister

Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka

උපුටාගැනීම – රට හදන සෞභාග්‍යයේ දැක්ම – පිටු අංක 1

අපගේ රමණීය දිවයිනේ ජීවත් වන සියලු තරුණ දූ පුතුන් හට ගෞරවණීය ලෙස ජීවත් විය හැකිවන පරිදි ශක්තිමත් තිරසර ආර්ථිකයක් බිහි කළ යුතු ය. සැමට තමන්ගේ දක්ෂතාවයෙන් උපරිම ඵල නෙළාගන්නට හැකි වන රැකියාවක් තිබිය යුතු ය. අපගේ වගකීම තෘප්තිමත් රට වැසියෙක්, සතුටින් ජීවත් වන පවුලක් සහ ගුණගරුක සමාජයක් බිහි කිරීම ය. ලොවපුරා සිදුවෙමින් පවතින පාරිසරික විනාශයේ ප්‍රතිවිපාක ලෙස නියඟයෙන් හා ගංවතුරෙන් එක විට බැට කන ජාතියක් බවට අප පත් වී ඇති බැවින් මේ සුන්දර දිවයින යළිත් හරිත වර්ණයෙන් බබළන අනාගත ලෝකයේ තිරසර සංවර්ධනයේ පරමාදර්ශය බවට පත් කිරීමේ වගකීම ද අපට පැවරී තිබේ. මේ භූමිය මත සාමය නැමැති බීජය යළි පැළ නොවනු ඇතැයි සිතූ යුගයක අපි ඒ සාමය නැමැති පැළය මේ භූමිය මත රෝපණය කළෙමු. එපරිද්දෙන් ම, සෞභාග්‍යවත්, සුන්දර ශ්‍රී ලංකාවක් අප මේ ලක් භූමිය තුළ යළි රෝපණය කර ඔබට පිරිනමන්නෙමු.

எமது அழகிய நாட்டில்‌ வாழுகின்ற அனைத்து இளைஞர்‌ யுவதிகளும்‌ கௌரவமாக வாழக்கூடிய, உறுதிமிக்க சுபீட்சமான பொருளாதாரத்தைக் கட்டியெழுப்ப வேண்டும்‌. அனைவருக்கும்‌ தமது திறமையின்‌ மூலம்‌, இயன்றளவு பயனை பெற்றுக்கொள்ளக்க்ஷய தொழிலொன்று காணப்பட வேண்டும்‌. திருப்தியான பிரஜை, மகிழ்ச்சியாக வாழக்கூடிய குடும்பம், மற்றும்‌ சிறந்த பண்பாடுடைய சமூகத்தை உருவாக்குவதே எமது கடமையாகும்‌. உலகெங்கும்‌ இடம்பெறும்‌ இயற்கை அனர்த்தங்களின்‌ விளைவாக ஒரே நேரத்தில்‌ வரட்சி மற்றும்‌ வெள்ளப்பெருக்கினால்‌ பாதிக்கப்படும்‌ மக்களாக நாம்‌ இருக்கின்றோம்‌. எமது இந்த அழகிய திருநாட்டை மீண்டும்‌ ஒரு பசுமையான அழகிய தோற்றத்துடன், எதிர்கால உலகின்‌ சிறப்பான அபிவிருத்தியின்‌ முன்னுதாரணமாகத்‌ திகழவைக்கும்‌ பொறுப்பும்‌ எம்முடையதாகும்‌. இந்நாட்டில்‌ அமைதி என்ற கனவு மீண்டும்‌ நனவாகாது என்று எண்ணியிருந்த யுகத்தில்‌, நாம்‌ சமாதானத்தின்‌ மூலம்‌ அந்தக்‌ கனவை நனவாக்கினோம்‌. அதுமட்டுமல்லாது, மீண்டும்‌ அழகிய ஒரு இலங்கை நாட்டை இப்பூமியில்‌ உருவாக்கி உங்களிடம்‌ கையளிப்போம்‌.

Excerpts from – Vistas of Prosperity and Splendour (Page No i)

The other important task will be to create a progressive national economy and a pluralistic society; we have to create an environment that provides our youth and local entrepreneurs with new opportunities, gives everyone new hope and a sense of pride, where people can use their skills, talents and business acumen to be the world leaders in any field of their choice. It is only by empowering our people that we can strengthen and expand the national economy. Our responsibility is to create an enabling environment for a citizen to be prosperous and contented, leading to a happy family, and a law abiding society in Sri Lanka. All over the world, environmental degradation has brought about havoc, and parts of our country have experienced severe drought and floods, simultaneously. It is therefore our responsibility to make our country, an example of sustainable development. At a time when nobody in the world thought it would be possible to bring peace to this country, we brought peace. Similarly, we will make Sri Lanka prosperous and beautiful. I have great faith in our collective ability to do so.

Embassy of Sri Lanka

Warsaw-Poland

04 February 2021

Welcome back to the paradise island of Sri Lanka. As we open our doors to the world once again ; we’ve pulled out all the stops, ensuring that every precautionary measure has been set in place to make your island getaway as safe, secure and serene as possible. In your preparation to explore the wild and wonderful, we’d like to bring your attention to the ‘things you need to know ‘ for your safety as you make your way to an amazing time that is So Sri Lanka!

We are so looking forward to welcome you!

https://www.srilanka.travel/helloagain/

Published: 25 January 2021

Embassy of Sri Lanka

Warsaw-Poland.

Government to re-introduce conditional repatriation in the wake of new strain of Coronavirus

In the wake of the discovery of a fast spreading new strain of Coronavirus in certain countries, the Government of Sri Lanka has decided to continue with the existing procedure of obtaining prior approval from the Foreign Ministry and the Civil Aviation Authority for all inbound travellers to Sri Lanka.

The revised guidelines on repatriation will be issued once the situation has been reappraised.

Embassy of Sri Lanka

Warsaw-Poland

22 December 2020

The procedure for inbound travellers to Sri Lanka, introduced since March 2020 is hereby revised as follows, based on the joint decision made by the Foreign Ministry, the Department of Immigration and the Civil Aviation Authority and as agreed by the Presidential Task Force for Economic Revival and Poverty Alleviation.

The following procedure will take effect from 26 December 2020.

1. The Government of Sri Lanka (Foreign Ministry and National Operation Center for Prevention of COVID-19 Outbreak (NOCPCO) will arrange special repatriation flights for the Government quarantine facilities in coordination with Sri Lanka Missions abroad for migrant workers, students, patients, short term visa holders, government and military officials,

2. i. However, Sri Lankans or Foreigners of Sri Lankan origin (Holders of Dual Citizenship) will be allowed to travel on any commercial/non- repatriation flights to Sri Lanka without the approval of the Foreign Secretary (or) Civil Aviation Authority subject to the limit of passengers per flight determined by the Civil Aviation Authority, based on concurrence/consultation of NOCPCO subject to compliance with paid quarantining at a designated hotel.

ii. It is the sole responsibility of the Airline concerned to ensure that the passengers allowed on board under the above arrangement will strictly adhere to the paid quarantine.

The revision of procedure for inbound travellers will be subject to review based on further assessments made on new guidelines.

Foreign Ministry

Colombo

21 December 2020