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They re-organised the postal service and a permanent post office was established in Colombo in 1882. The first official Post Master General of Ceylon was Egbert Bletterman, who was the PMG for the whole island. In 1817, Lewis Sansoni succeeded Bletterman as the second Postmaster General.
The Ministry of Mass Media [2] (Sinhala: ජනමාධ්ය අමාත්යාංශය; Tamil: வெகுசன ஊடக அமைச்சு) is a cabinet ministry of the Government of Sri Lanka responsible for the implementation of the Post Office Ordinance and the Stamp Ordinance of Sri Lanka. [3]
Office Electoral District [3] Took office Left office Refs. Anura Kumara Dissanayake: National People's Power: President: Sri Lanka: 23 September 2024 [a] [4] [2] Minister of Defence: 24 September 2024 [a] Minister of Finance, Planning and Economic Development: 24 September 2024 [a] Minister of Digital Economy: 18 November 2024: Harini ...
The Sri Lanka women's cricket team is selected for the 2024 ICC Women's T20 World Cup after winning the 2024 ICC Women's T20 World Cup Qualifier final against Scotland. [ 61 ] 10 May – Mujibur Rahman is reappointed to parliament as a National List MP , replacing the unseated Diana Gamage.
On 8 July 2005 the post office building was gazetted as an Archeological Protected Monument. [9]In June 2017 the United Postal Trade Union went on a three-day strike in order to stop the government's plans to sell the Nuwara Eliya, Kandy and Galle Fort post offices to private developers, in order for the buildings be converted into hotels.
Sri Lanka Post was the first to inaugurate a mail coach service in Asia. The mail coach service began operations in 1832, between Colombo and Kandy. [7] This was extended between Galle and Colombo in 1838. The year 1892 saw the first "Travelling Post Office" doing its run between Colombo and Peradeniya, a suburb of Kandy.
Pages in category "Postmasters general of Sri Lanka" The following 20 pages are in this category, out of 20 total. ... This page was last edited on 1 September 2024 ...
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