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Visumpaya, is an official residence of the Government of Sri Lanka. It is located in Lillie Street, Colombo, Sri Lanka. The house has been used as a residence for visiting heads of state and local government ministers. In July 2023, government of Sri Lanka agreed to lease out this location to be developed as a hotel
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A proposal made by a committee to construct the new building for the Secretariat, Council Chamber and Government offices on reclaimed land at the northern end of Galle Face' was accepted by the Ceylon Government in 1920. The chief architect of the Public Works Department, Austin Woodeson, was responsible for the design of the building. The ...
With Ceylon gaining self-rule with the enactment of the new constitution, D. S. Senanayake was appointed the first Prime Minister of Ceylon on 24 September 1947. Senanayake took up residence at Temple Trees making it the official Prime Ministerial residence. [2]
A Government Agent (GA) or a District Secretary is a Sri Lankan civil servant of the Sri Lanka Administrative Service appointed by the central government to govern a certain district of the country. [1] The GA is the administrative head of public services in the District. As Sri Lanka has 25 districts, [2] there are 25 governments agents at any ...
In the first half of the 19th century, the British colonial administrators were able to move towards a more organised form of government with civil and revenue administration. Thus, the collector's office, which continued to be locally known as the kachcheri was converted into the Government Agent ’s Office. [ 5 ]
A full restoration of the building was completed in approximately six months and the building was re-commissioned in June 1998. [ 4 ] Current tenants include the Colombo Stock Exchange , Securities Exchange Commission, Asian Broadcasting Corporation ( Hiru TV and various radio stations including GOLD FM ) and the Board of Investment of Sri Lanka .
The Presidential Secretariat is located in the Old Parliament Building in Colombo. The head of the Presidential Secretariat is the Secretary to the President (also known as the President's Secretary ), who is ex officio the most senior civil servant and head of the Sri Lanka Administrative Service .