Ministry of Mass Media

Ministry of Mass Media
‍ජනමාධ්‍ය අමාත්‍යාංශය; வெகுசன ஊடக அமைச்சு
Ministry overview
Formed	26 September 1947; (as Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications)
Preceding Ministry	Ministry of Communications and Works;
Jurisdiction	Government of Sri Lanka
Headquarters	Floors 6 & 8, Postal Headquarters Building,; 310 D. R. Wijewardena mawatha; Colombo 10; 6.927887°N 79.857956°E
Annual budget	LKR 12 billion (2016, recurrent); LKR 0.2 billion (2016, capital);
Minister responsible	Hon. Bandula Gunawardane, Minister of Mass Media;
Ministry executives	W.A. Chulananda Perera, Secretary; Prof. Sunanda Maddumabandara, State Secretary;
Child Ministry	Sri Lanka Post;
Key documents	Post Office Ordinance, No. 11 of 1908; Stamp Ordinance, No. 22 of 1909;
Website	www.media.gov.lk

The Ministry of Mass Media (Sinhala: ජනමාධ්‍ය අමාත්‍යාංශය; Tamil: வெகுசன ஊடக அமைச்சு) is a cabinet ministry of the Government of Sri Lanka responsible for the implementation of the Post Office Ordinance and the Stamp Ordinance of Sri Lanka. Aside from broader policy formulation, this also includes the maintenance and expansion of the Sri Lanka postal service, the design, release, sale and archiving of the country's postage stamps, representing Sri Lanka's interests at the Universal Postal Union, the oversight of banking, insurance and wire transfer services provided at postal offices.

The current Minister of Mass Media is Bandula Gunawardane. The ministry's secretary is W.A. Chulananda Perera.

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