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.
Press Releases
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May 31, 2019, 4:10 pmමාධ්‍ය නිවේදන 01- 31.05.2019
විදෙස් ගමන් බලපත් සංශෝධනය -
May 13, 2019, 3:11 pmමාධ්‍ය නිවේදන 01- 13.05.2019
වැඩ බලන ආරක්ෂක අමාත්‍ය -
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- 07.05.2019
අම්පාර දිස්ත්‍රික් - රට වෙනුවෙන් එකට සිටිමු වැඩසටහන සාර්ථකව ක්‍රියාත්මකයි -
May 6, 2019, 2:55 pmමාධ්‍ය නිවේදන 05- 06.05.2019
රට වෙනුවෙන් එකට සිටිමු අම්පාර දිස්ත්‍රික් වැඩසටහන් -
May 6, 2019, 11:50 amමාධ්‍ය නිවේදන 04- 06.05.2019
ෂරියා විශ්වවිද්‍යාලය පිළිබඳව විශ්ව විද්‍යාල කොමිසන් සභාවේ අවධානය -
May 6, 2019, 11:17 amஊடக அறிக்கை 03- 06.05.2019
ஊடக அறிக்கை 03- 06.05.2019
Latest Video
Cabinet Decisions
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May 30, 2019, 1:56 pmCabinet Decisions 2019.05.28
Decisions Taken by the Cabinet of Ministers at Meeting held on 28.05.2019 -
May 21, 2019, 4:30 pm
අමාත්‍ය මණ්ඩල තීරණ 21.05.2019
cabinet decision 21.05.2019- (english translations will be soon)
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The Sri Lanka Export Development Board in collaboration with the Sri Lanka Embassy in Thailand organized a Technical Exposure and Capacity Building Program for 12...
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5000 Export Zone Villages to begin today
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Ton-up Sharma stars as India beat rivals Pakistan
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