The chairpersons of the subcommittees affiliated with the Sri Lanka Arts Council, which falls under the purview of the Ministry of Buddha Sasana, Religious and Cultural Affairs, met with the Minister of Buddha Sasana, Religious and Cultural Affairs, Dr. Hinidum Sunil Senevi, yesterday (15) afternoon at the Ministry premises in Battaramulla and engaged in a detailed discussion regarding future courses of action.
“Minister meets subcommittee chairpersons belonging to the Sri Lanka Arts Council”
It was emphasized here that the programs prepared by all the subcommittees to bring the citizen closer to the fields of art and literature in order to create a compassionate populace with a noble cultural life are scheduled to be implemented in the future.
The following gentlemen participated in this discussion: Chairman of the National Arts Council Keerthi Welisarage, Chairman of the National Literary Subcommittee Kamal Perera, Chairman of the National Drama Subcommittee Senior Lecturer Prasanna jith Abeysooriya, Chairman of the National Visual Arts Subcommittee Prageeth Rathnayake, Chairman of the National Television Subcommittee Sunil Costa, Vice Chairman of the National Music Subcommittee Professor Saman Panapitiya, Chairman of the National Dance and Ballet Subcommittee Dr. Ravibandu Vidyapathi, Chairman of the National Intangible Cultural Heritage and Traditional Arts Subcommittee Chandrasoma Binduhewa, Chairman of the National Film Subcommittee Dr. Seneh Dissanayake Bandara, Chairman of the National Radio Subcommittee Kapila M. Gamage, the Minister’s Personal Secretary Anil Abeygunawardena, and Coordinating Secretary Premaratne Tennakoon
Ajith Weerasuriya