A special commemorative stamp and first day cover were issued at the Presidential Secretariat today (29), in commemoration of former Minister, Leader and General Secretary of the Ceylon Workers Congress (CWC), the late Mr. Arumugan Thondaman.
The Minister of Mass Media and Transport, Mr. Bandula Gunawardena, presented the stamp and first day cover to President Ranil Wickremesinghe.
Meanwhile, the commemorative stamp and first day cover were presented to Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena, Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena, former President Mahinda Rajapaksa, former Speaker Karu Jayasuriya, Tamil National Alliance leader R. Sampanthan and Mrs. Rajalakshmi Thondaman, wife of Mr. Arumugan Thondaman.
Minister of Water Supply and Estate Infrastructure Development and General Secretary of the Ceylon Workers Congress Jeevan Thondaman, Leader of the CWC and Eastern Province Governor Senthil Thondaman and Ministers Nimal Siripala de Silva, Keheliya Rambukwella, Douglas Devananda, Mahinda Amaraweera, Nasir Ahmed, Manusha Nanayakkara, Members of Parliament Wajira Abeywardena, Mahindananda Aluthgamage, C.B. Ratnayake, Postmaster General S. R. W. M. R. P. Satkumara and Mr. Arumugam Thondaman’s family members were present on this occasion.
The Presidential Media Division is fully responsible for socializing the views, actions, decisions and statements of His Excellency the President through the media. Electronic, print and new media will contribute to this through a credible and engaging approach.
The media department works as a source of information on the subject of the President’s vision and mission by maintaining good coordination with public and private media organizations and journalists.
National policies, plans and measures are explained to the people through the use of high quality media. Identify the fallacies and reveal the truth.
