Department of Government Information
Department of Government Information (DGI) is a key establishment of the Ministry of Mass Media. The department assists media in a macro level in welfare, training, policy planning and accreditation, and providing easy access to Government news and information. On the other hand, DGI also play an important role catering to the Government with data analysis, information, audio visuals, and archives. The department plays a major role in formulation of the Right to Information Bill.
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Press Releases | මාධ්ය නිවේදන | ஊடக அறிக்கை
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May 13, 2019, 3:11 pmමාධ්ය නිවේදන 01- 13.05.2019
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May 11, 2019, 7:44 pmමාධ්ය නිවේදනය - 2019.05.11
රජය හෝ ප්රවෘත්ති දෙපාර්තමේන්තුව කිසිදු ආකාරයක මාධ්ය වාරණයක් සිදු කර නැහැ -
May 7, 2019, 12:08 pmමාධ්ය නිවේදන 01- 07.06.2019
අම්පාර දිස්ත්රික් - රට වෙනුවෙන් එකට සිටිමු වැඩසටහන සාර්ථකව ක්රියාත්මකයි -
May 6, 2019, 2:55 pmමාධ්ය නිවේදන 05- 06.05.2019
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