Sri Lanka, July 5 -- The three-day stakeholder awareness programme on the Draft National Research and Development Policy (NRDP), jointly organised by the Presidential Secretariat and the Ministry of Science and Technology, successfully concluded yesterday (03) at Temple Trees.

Dr. Nandika Sanath Kumanayake, Secretary to the President; G.P. Saputhanthri, Secretary to the Prime Minister; Dr. Harshana Suriyapperuma, Secretary to the Ministry of Finance; Y.L. Mohamed Nawawi, Secretary to the Ministry of Science and Technology; and Senior Advocate J.M. Wijebandara, Director General of Legal Affairs at the Presidential Secretariat, participated as invitees in this three-day programme.

This Draft National Research and Development Policy has be...