To provide news about country's development:

National Development Media Centre launched

Chaminda PERERA

The Government has set up a National Development Media Centre at the Media Ministry premises to disseminate news pertaining to the development activities carried out by the Government.

According to Media Minister Lakshman Yapa Abeywardena, this centre will maintain close co-ordination with the Government agencies and other relevant stakeholders who are involved in the development activities islandwide.

Former Information Director General and one time Director General for President's Media Unit Ariya Rubasinghe has been appointed as the Director General of this centre. "The officers in this Centre will work round the clock and monitor the development work being carried out islandwide. They will be the official authority to disseminate accurate news on the development activities in the country, he said. Rubasinghe told the Daily News that this Centre will launch a website which consists of most modern facilities such as voice mail.

Members of the public can comment on the development activities and register complaints over the shortcomings of the development project through this website. He said the Centre is in the process of collecting necessary data from the Government agencies. A periodical is also going to be issued by the centre in the future, Rubasinghe said.