Twelve new Divisional Secretariat areas in nine districts have been declared by President Mahinda Rajapaksa as areas where both the Sinhala and Tamil languages should as used as the languages of administration. The areas are Dehiwala – Mount Lavinia, Ganga Ihala Korale and the Kandy Four Gravets and Gangawata Korale, Matale, Lankapura and Welikanda in [...]

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Twelve new Divisional Secretariat areas in nine districts have been declared by President Mahinda Rajapaksa as areas where both the Sinhala and Tamil languages should as used as the languages of administration.

The areas are Dehiwala – Mount Lavinia, Ganga Ihala Korale and the Kandy Four Gravets and Gangawata Korale, Matale, Lankapura and Welikanda in Polonnarwua, Ratnapura, Balangoda, Mawanella, Kekirawa, Vavuniya South and Dehiattakandiya.

The President has made the order under the constitutional provisions that enable him to declare that both languages be used for administrative purposes in any area taking into consideration the linguistic make up of these areas.
Official Languages Commissioner J.D.C.Jayasinghe said the Government is expediting its tri-lingual policy throughout the country and this step would assist in the process.




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