ALT VACANCY: NATIONAL ARCHIVES ASSISTANT DIRECTOR If you have an interest in digital archives, film archives or archival preservation and you’re passionate about preserving evidence, information and history for current and future generations, you'll enjoy a career as an archivist at the Department of National Archives. For the required qualifications and recruitment procedure, see Gazette No. 2504 dated 28.08.2026. Log into https://lnkd.in/eXkZcUrR to download the call for applications, application form and scheme of recruitment. Number of vacancies: 3 Closing date: 25.09.2026 Salary: • Your starting salary will be Rs. 82,150.00 and you will be entitled to other allowances paid to public officers from time to time. • The post is permanent and you will be eligible for a pension on retirement subject to changing policies on the payment of pensions. JOIN US TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE!

ALT It is with deep sorrow that we note the passing of Mr. G.P.S.H. de Silva, former Director of the National Archives. His work shaped #ARM practice in Sri Lanka for decades to come. We extend our deepest condolences to his family. Mr. de Silva joined the National Archives, then the Department of Government Archivist, in 1960, after completing his degree in History at the University of Peradeniya in 1958. He went on to earn a Postgraduate Diploma in Archives Administration from the University of London in 1965, and was appointed Director of the National Archives in 1983. He retired from the post in 1990, and continued to lend his expertise to the National Archives in various capacities. His work shaped archives and records management practice in Sri Lanka for decades to come and he represnted Sri Lanka at numerous international archival forums and authored several publications on history and archives administration.

ALT SLNA signs MoU with Maldives Archives An MoU on Archiving Cooperation between the National Archives of Sri Lanka and the National Archives of Maldives was signed yesterday by Sri Lanka’s Hon. Minister of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Employment and Tourism, Vijitha Herath and the Hon. Minister of Foreign Affairs, Iruthisham Adam of the Maldives. In pursuing the desire to promote friendly bilateral relations, not only among leaders but also among the public, the MoU seeks to enhance cooperation in the field of archives and records management and archival preservation, share archival expertise and promote sustainable archival practices between the two countries. In the picture, the Hon. President of the Maldives, Mohamed Muizzu and the Hon. President of Sri Lanka, Anura Dissanayake overlook the signing of the MoUs by the foreign ministers of both countries. Image source: President's Office, Sri Lanka https://www.presidentsoffice.gov.lk/news/...