Vasantha Samarasinghe
Vasantha Samarasinghe is a prominent Sri Lankan politician who serves as the Minister of Trade, Commerce, Food Security, and Cooperative Development. He has been actively involved in policy-making and governance related to food security and agricultural development in the country. Recently, he was in the news for leading discussions on the allocation of loans to rice mill owners and ensuring that these funds are utilized appropriately for purchasing rice, amidst concerns that some mill owners were diverting the loans for other purposes.
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Vasantha Samarasinghe, the Minister of Trade, Commerce, Food Security and Cooperative Development, has issued a gazette notification regarding the increase in registration fees for companies and societies.
සමාගම් ලියාපදිංචි කිරීමේ ගාස්තු ඉහළ නංවයි
Sri Lanka· 2026-07-13Vasantha Samarasinghe is the Minister of Trade, Commerce, and Food Security.
තන්තිරිමලේ ‘ලංකාදීප‘ ආලෝක පූජාව ජනපති අතින් විවෘත වෙයිSri Lanka· 2026-06-30
Vasantha Samarasinghe is the Minister of Trade, Commerce, Food Security and Cooperative Development who oversaw the completion of the initial phase of the Anuradhapura Multi-Model Hub.
අනුරාධපුර බහුවිධ ප්රවාහන මධ්යස්ථානය ජනතා අයිතියටSri Lanka· 2026-06-29
Vasantha Samarasinghe is the Minister of Trade, Commerce, Food Security and Cooperative Development who oversaw the completion of the initial phase of the Anuradhapura Multi-Model Hub.
අනුරාධපුර බහුවිධ ප්රවාහන මධ්යස්ථානය ජනතා අයිතියටSri Lanka· 2026-06-29Vasantha Samarasinghe is the Minister of Trade, Commerce, and Food Security.
‘‘ලංකාදීප‘‘ පොසොන් ආලෝක පූජාවේ දෙවැනි දිනය අදයිSri Lanka· 2026-06-28
Vasantha Samarasinghe is the Minister of Trade, Commerce, and Food Security.
‘‘ලංකාදීප‘‘ පොසොන් ආලෝක පූජාවේ දෙවැනි දිනය අදයිSri Lanka· 2026-06-28
Vasantha Samarasinghe is the Minister of Trade, Commerce, Food Security and Cooperative Development.
යල කන්නෙ වී ගන්න ප්රතිපාදන වෙන් කරන්නSri Lanka· 2026-06-23
Vasantha Samarasinghe, the Minister of Trade, Commerce, Food Security and Cooperative Development, announced the allocation of 100 million rupees for improving facilities.
අවශ්ය වුණොත් තවත් හාල් රටින් ගෙන්නනවාSri Lanka· 2026-06-02
Vasantha Samarasinghe also participated in the events.
ගංගාරාම වෙසක් කලාපය අගමැතිනි අතින් විවෘත වෙයිSri Lanka· 2026-06-01
Vasantha Samarasinghe is the Minister of Trade, Commerce, Food Security and Cooperative Development.
අත්යවශ්ය ආහාර තොග සංචිතයකට පියවරSri Lanka· 2026-03-07
Vasantha Samarasinghe stated in Parliament that the government may have to make a decision if the company does not provide gas to consumers who received yellow gas cylinders.
කහ ගෑස් නොදුන්නොත් රජයෙන් තද තීරණයක්Sri Lanka· 2026-03-03Minister of Trade Vasantha Samarasinghe stated that there is a problem with the distribution of gas.
රටේ බරපතළ ගෑස් හිඟයක් - සජිත් ,හිඟයක් නෑ - වසන්තSri Lanka· 2026-02-19
Minister of Trade Vasantha Samarasinghe stated that there is a distribution issue with gas.
රටේ බරපතළ ගෑස් හිඟයක් - සජිත් ,හිඟයක් නෑ - වසන්තSri Lanka· 2026-02-19
Vasantha Samarasinghe stated that the donation of rice from the Myanmar government is a testament to the strong bilateral relations between the two countries.
මියන්මාරයෙන් සහල් ටොන් 500ක් - Lankadeepa OnlineSri Lanka· 2026-02-09
Vasantha Samarasinghe is the Minister of Trade and was involved in a heated discussion with traders regarding the management of economic centers.
ආර්ථික මධ්යස්ථාන සමාගමකට පවරනවාට වෙළෙන්දෝ විරෝධයSri Lanka· 2026-02-01
Vasantha Samarasinghe stated in Parliament that the opposition is engaged in a political conspiracy to delay educational reforms.
අධ්යාපන ප්රතිසංස්කරණ කල් දාන්න විපක්ෂයෙන් කුමන්ත්රණයක්Sri Lanka· 2026-01-22Vasantha Samarasinghe stated in Parliament that the opposition is engaged in a political conspiracy to delay educational reforms.
අධ්යාපන ප්රතිසංස්කරණ කල් දාන්න විපක්ෂයෙන් කුමන්ත්රණයක්Sri Lanka· 2026-01-22Vasantha Samarasinghe is the Minister of Trade, Commerce, Food Security and Cooperative Development involved in the discussion about reducing the price of imported flour.
කිරිපිටි මිල අඩු කරයි - Lankadeepa OnlineSri Lanka· 2026-01-14
Vasantha Samarasinghe is the Minister of Trade, Commerce, Food Security and Cooperative Development.
ලංකා-වියට්නාම් යාලුකම තව වැඩි වෙයිSri Lanka· 2025-12-10
Vasantha Samarasinghe was present at the site to support the rescue operations.
කොටුව සිටි භික්ෂූන් වහන්සේ 450ක් බේරා ගැනෙතිSri Lanka· 2025-11-29
Vasantha Samarasinghe stated that prisoners from the Anuradhapura prison are being relocated to safe locations.
අ’පුර බන්ධනාගාර රැඳවියන් ආරක්ෂිත තැනකටSri Lanka· 2025-11-28Vasantha Samarasinghe is the Minister of Trade, Commerce, Food Security and Cooperative Development.
බඩ ඉරිඟුවලට සහතික මිලක් - Lankadeepa OnlineSri Lanka· 2025-11-26
Vasantha Samarasinghe was elected as the chairman of the Sri Lanka-New Zealand Parliamentary Friendship Association.
ඇමති වසන්ත නවසීලන්ත මිත්රත්ව සංගමයේ සභාපති පුටුවටSri Lanka· 2025-11-21
Vasantha Samarasinghe emphasized the need for a systematic approach to resolve the issues faced by local large onion farmers.
ලොකු ලූනු වලට ස්ථාවර මිලක්Sri Lanka· 2025-11-17
Vasantha Samarasinghe stated in Parliament that the government plans to purchase potatoes and onions without any reduction in price from next year.
අල ලූනු ප්රශ්නයට රජයේ විසඳුම වෙළඳ ඇමති කියයිSri Lanka· 2025-11-10Vasantha Samarasinghe is participating in the WTO Trade Policy Review and UNCTAD XVI in Geneva, Switzerland.
ලංකා වෙළඳ ප්රතිපත්තිය ගැන කියන්න වසන්ත ස්විට්සර්ලන්තයටSri Lanka· 2025-10-13
Vasantha Samarasinghe stated in Parliament that if necessary, Kirri Samba rice will be imported for a short period.
කීරි සම්බා රටින් ගේන්න වුනොත් ගේනවාSri Lanka· 2025-10-10Vasantha Samarasinghe stated in Parliament that if necessary, they will import rice for a short period.
කීරි සම්බා රටින් ගේන්න වුනොත් ගේනවාSri Lanka· 2025-10-09Vasantha Samarasinghe is currently the Minister of Trade and was previously a leader of the JVP trade unions.
ආයෝජකයන් ගෙන්වා ගැනීමේ අභියෝගය - Lankadeepa OnlineSri Lanka· 2025-09-29
Vasantha Samarasinghe led the private sector trade union meeting opposing the labor law reforms.
ආයෝජකයන් ගෙන්වා ගැනීමේ අභියෝගය - Lankadeepa OnlineSri Lanka· 2025-09-29
