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Rebuilding Sri Lanka Fund Contributions
Total funds accumulated in the relief account as of April 2026.
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People's Bank donates Rs. 300 million to the Rebuilding Sri Lanka Fund
Business Sri Lanka to build a new tourism workforce to project a stronger national voice Published 12 hours agoon 2026/04/27 SLITHM Chairman Dheera Hettiarachchi speaks at the press conference held in Colombo on April 24. Specialised training programme set to begin The Sri Lanka Institute of Tourism & Hotel Management (SLITHM) has launched a new initiative that could quietly reshape the country’s tourism industry – the National Tourist Interpreter Training Programme. The idea, explained by SLITHM Chairman Dheera Hettiarachchi, is simple but important. Sri Lanka does not need to rely only on bigger tourist numbers or louder promotion. It needs to help visitors understand the country better. “This is where the concept of a tourist interpreter comes in”, he said. “Unlike traditional tour guides, who mainly explain and show places, interpreters are trained to go deeper. They connect the story behind what visitors see; linking history, culture, environment and local life. In a country like Sri Lanka, where ancient heritage, rich biodiversity and living communities are closely connected, this approach can make a real difference,” Hettiarachchi explained. The programme itself will run for three months and focus more on field visits and practical learning rather than classroom teaching. It is open to academics and professionals with knowledge in areas such as history, culture, environment and research. Those who complete the course will receive a National Tourist Interpreter Licence from the Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority, along with a digital badge. With a course fee of around Rs. 250,000, this is not meant for mass entry. The target is a smaller, more specialised group. These interpreters are expected to work with destination management companies, serving high-end travellers who are looking for meaningful and informed experiences, not just sightseeing. Speaking further, the SLITHM chairman said: “Globally, this trend is already visible; visitors increasingly expect detailed explanations about nature, conservation and local communities in the destinations they visit. They want to know not just what they are seeing, but why it matters. Sri Lanka has the natural and cultural depth to offer this kind of experience. What has been missing is the structured way of delivering that knowledge. That is where this initiative fits in.” According to SLITHM, there is also a wider benefit. Visitors who understand a place tend to respect it more. This can reduce damag...
Rebuilding Sri Lanka අරමුදල සුරක්ෂිත බව මුදල් නියෝජ්ය ඇමති කියයි
Rebuilding Sri Lanka අරමුදලට ලැබුණු මුදල් මහා භාණ්ඩාගාරයේ සුරක්ෂිතව තිබෙන බව කම්කරු අමාත්ය, මුදල් සහ ක්රමසම්පාදන නියෝජ්ය අමාත්ය, ආචාර්ය අනිල් ජයන්ත මහතා පවසයි. ඔහු මේ බව ප්රකාශ කළේ, අදාළ අරමුදල සම්බන්ධයෙන් සමාජයේ මතුව ඇති ගැටලුකාරී තත්ත්වය සම්බන්ධයෙන් විශේෂ පැහැදිලි කිරීමක් සිදු කරමිනි. අප්රේල් මස 24 වෙනිදා වනවිට Rebuilding Sri Lanka අරමුදලට රුපියල් මිලියන 9,583ක් ලැබී තිබේ. ඊට රටවල් 49ක විදෙස්ගත ලාංකීකයන් මෙන්ම විදේශ ජාතිකයන් ද සිය පරිත්යාග සිදු කර ඇති බව ද ආචාර්ය අනිල් ජයන්ත මහතා ප්රකාශ කළේය. දිට්වා සුළිකුණාටුවෙන් ආපදාවට ලක්වූවන්ට සහන සැලසීමට ආණ්ඩුව විසින් රුපියල් බිලියන 500ක පරිපූරක ඇස්තමේන්තමේන්තුවක් පසුගිය දෙසැම්බර් මාසයේදී සම්මත කරගන්නා ලදී. ඒ අනුව ඊට Rebuilding Sri Lanka අරමුදලේ ඇති බිලියන 10ක මුදල ද යොදාගත හැකි බවත් තවත් රුපියල් බිලියන 490ක පමණක් පමණක් ලබාගැනීමට සිදුවිය වනු ඇති බව අමාත්යවරයා කීය. මෙම අරමුදල සම්බන්ධයෙන් ඇතැම් පාර්ශ්ව සිදු කරන ප්රකාශ අසත්ය සහ පදනම් විරහිත බව ද හෙතෙම පෙන්වා දෙයි. මෙම මුදල් භාවිත කිරීම වර්තමානයේ පවතින අණපනත් අනුව සිදු කරන බව කම්කරු අමාත්ය, මුදල් සහ ක්රමසම්පාදන නියෝජ්ය අමාත්ය, ආචාර්ය අනිල් ජයන්ත මහතා වැඩිදුරටත් කියාසිටියේ.
Police Officers Donate Millions to 'Rebuilding Sri Lanka' Fund
Sri Lanka Police officers have made a significant contribution to the 'Rebuilding Sri Lanka' Fund, donating Rs. 9,687,462 from a single day's salary. This latest contribution, handed over on Wednesday, April 22, brings the total amount donated by police personnel to over Rs. 74 million, collected through three separate one-day salary contributions. The fund was established to support ...
Police officers donate day's salary to 'Rebuilding Sri Lanka' Fund
A sum of LKR. 9,687,462, raised from day's salary officers of the Police Department, has been donated to the 'Rebuilding Sri Lanka' Fund, established to support the recovery of communities affected by Cyclone Ditwah and to assist in rebuilding the country following the disaster.
