{"id":97823,"date":"2020-01-16T16:46:42","date_gmt":"2020-01-16T23:46:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/?p=97823"},"modified":"2020-01-16T16:46:42","modified_gmt":"2020-01-16T23:46:42","slug":"%e0%b6%a2%e0%b7%8f%e0%b6%ad%e0%b7%92%e0%b6%9a-%e0%b7%80%e0%b7%92%e0%b6%af%e0%b7%8a%e2%80%8d%e0%b6%ba%e0%b7%8f-%e0%b7%84%e0%b7%8f-%e0%b6%ad%e0%b7%8f%e0%b6%9a%e0%b7%8a%e0%b7%82%e0%b6%ab-%e0%b6%9a","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/2020\/01\/16\/%e0%b6%a2%e0%b7%8f%e0%b6%ad%e0%b7%92%e0%b6%9a-%e0%b7%80%e0%b7%92%e0%b6%af%e0%b7%8a%e2%80%8d%e0%b6%ba%e0%b7%8f-%e0%b7%84%e0%b7%8f-%e0%b6%ad%e0%b7%8f%e0%b6%9a%e0%b7%8a%e0%b7%82%e0%b6%ab-%e0%b6%9a\/","title":{"rendered":"\u0da2\u0dcf\u0dad\u0dd2\u0d9a \u0dc0\u0dd2\u0daf\u0dca\u200d\u0dba\u0dcf \u0dc4\u0dcf \u0dad\u0dcf\u0d9a\u0dca\u0dc2\u0dab \u0d9a\u0ddc\u0db8\u0dd2\u0dc2\u0db1\u0dca \u0dc3\u0db7\u0dcf\u0dc0\u0dda \u0db1\u0dc0 \u0dc3\u0db7\u0dcf\u0db4\u0dad\u0dd2\u0db1\u0dd3 \u0db8\u0dc4\u0dcf\u0da0\u0dcf\u0dbb\u0dca\u0dba \u0d9a\u0dca\u0dc2\u0dab\u0dd2\u0d9a\u0dcf \u0dc4\u0dd2\u0dbb\u0dd2\u0db9\u0dd4\u0dbb\u0dda\u0d9c\u0db8 \u0dbb\u0dcf\u0da2\u0d9a\u0dcf\u0dbb\u0dd2 \u0d85\u0dbb\u0db9\u0dba\u0dd2 \/ Newly appointed Chairpersonof the National Science and Technology Commission (NASTEC) Prof.(Mrs.). 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Shanika Hirimburagama, assumes\ndutie<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The newly appointed Chairperson of the\nNational Science and Technology Commission (NASTEC), the apex policy\nformulating and advisory body on science and technology matters, functioning\n&nbsp;under the purview of the Ministry of Higher Education, Technology and\nInnovation, Prof.(Mrs.) Shanika Hirimburagama assumed duties, today (16<sup>th<\/sup>)\namid Pirith chanting of maha sangha. This event was attended by the\n&nbsp;Thilanga Sumathipala, State Minister of Technology and Innovation, Mr. S.\nAmarasekara, Secretary to the Cabinet of Ministers, Mr.Chinthaka Lokuhetti,\nSecretary to the State Ministry of Technology and Innovation, University\nProfessors, Scientists and government officials. Prof.(Mrs.). Hirimburagama who\npreviously held the post of Vice Chancellor of the University of Colombo and\nChairperson of University Grants Commission has made significant contributions\ntowards the advancement of the S &amp; T sector <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Media\nUnit,<\/strong><strong> &#8211; <\/strong><strong>State Ministry of\nTechnology and Innovation<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u0db4\u0dca\u200d\u0dbb\u0dc0\u0dd8\u0dad\u0dca\u0dad\u0dd2 \u0db1\u0dd2\u0dc0\u0dda\u0daf\u0db1\u0dba Media Unit, &#8211; State Ministry of Technology and Innovation \u0db8\u0dd9\u0dbb\u0da7 \u0dc0\u0dd2\u0daf\u0dca\u200d\u0dba\u0dcf\u0dad\u0dca\u0db8\u0d9a \u0dc4\u0dcf \u0dad\u0dcf\u0d9a\u0dca\u0dc2\u0dab\u0dd2\u0d9a \u0d9a\u0dbb\u0dd4\u0dab\u0dd4 \u0db4\u0dd2\u0dc5\u0dd2\u0db6\u0db3 \u0db4\u0dca\u200d\u0dbb\u0db8\u0dd4\u0d9b\u0dad\u0db8 \u0db4\u0dca\u200d\u0dbb\u0dad\u0dd2\u0db4\u0dad\u0dca\u0dad\u0dd2 \u0dc3\u0db8\u0dca\u0db4\u0dcf\u0daf\u0db1 \u0dc4\u0dcf \u0d8b\u0db4\u0daf\u0dda\u0dc1\u0db1 \u0d86\u0dba\u0dad\u0db1\u0dba \u0dbd\u0dd9\u0dc3 \u0dc3\u0dd0\u0dbd\u0d9a\u0dd9\u0db1 \u0d8b\u0dc3\u0dc3\u0dca \u0d85\u0db0\u0dca\u200d\u0dba\u0dcf\u0db4\u0db1, \u0dad\u0dcf\u0d9a\u0dca\u0dc2\u0dab \u0dc4\u0dcf \u0db1\u0dc0\u0ddd\u0dad\u0dca\u0db4\u0dcf\u0daf\u0db1 \u0d85\u0db8\u0dcf\u0dad\u0dca\u200d\u0dba\u0dcf\u0d82\u0dc1\u0dba \u0dba\u0da7\u0dad\u0dda \u0d9a\u0dca\u200d\u0dbb\u0dd2\u0dba\u0dcf\u0dad\u0dca\u0db8\u0d9a \u0dc0\u0db1 \u0da2\u0dcf\u0dad\u0dd2\u0d9a \u0dc0\u0dd2\u0daf\u0dca\u200d\u0dba\u0dcf \u0dc4\u0dcf \u0dad\u0dcf\u0d9a\u0dca\u0dc2\u0dab \u0d9a\u0dd9\u0db8\u0dd2\u0dc2\u0db1\u0dca \u0dc3\u0db7\u0dcf\u0dc0\u0dda (NASTEC) &nbsp;&nbsp;\u0db1\u0dc0 \u0dc3\u0db7\u0dcf\u0db4\u0dad\u0dd2\u0db1\u0dd2\u0dba \u0dbd\u0dd9\u0dc3 \u0db4\u0dad\u0dca \u0dc0\u0dd6 \u0db8\u0dc4\u0dcf\u0da0\u0dcf\u0dbb\u0dca\u0dba \u0d9a\u0dca\u0dc2\u0dab\u0dd2\u0d9a\u0dcf \u0dc4\u0dd2\u0dbb\u0dd2\u0db9\u0dd4\u0dbb\u0dda\u0d9c\u0db8 \u0db8\u0dc4\u0dad\u0dca\u0db8\u0dd2\u0dba \u0d85\u0daf \u0daf\u0dd2\u0db1 (16) \u0db8\u0dc4\u0dcf \u0dc3\u0d82\u0d9d\u0dbb\u0dad\u0dca\u0db1\u0dba\u0dda [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,132],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-97823","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics","category-science"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97823","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=97823"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97823\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=97823"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=97823"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=97823"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}