Senior journalist Mohan Samaranayake assumed duties as the Director-General of the Department of Government Information today (19).
The new Director-General assured that every effort will be made to ensure the expected role of the Department of Government Information by properly publicizing accurate information.
Senior journalist Mohan Samaranayake further stressed the necessity to provide accurate information to the public as it helps strengthen Government’s political and socio-economic policies.
The Government official news portal is maintains by the New Media Unit of the Department of Government Information and it was titled "news.lk" and commenced in mid1996 and release to Internet from March 01st, 1997.
News.lk publishes in three languages – Sinhala, Tamil and English.
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