{"id":2104,"date":"2026-06-03T07:05:16","date_gmt":"2026-06-03T07:05:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/?p=2104"},"modified":"2026-06-03T07:05:16","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T07:05:16","slug":"yasas-hewage-assumes-duties-as-new-chairman-of-the-industrial-development-board-idb","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/2026\/06\/03\/yasas-hewage-assumes-duties-as-new-chairman-of-the-industrial-development-board-idb\/","title":{"rendered":"Yasas Hewage Assumes Duties as New Chairman of the Industrial Development Board (IDB)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Yasas Hewage<\/strong> officially assumed duties as the new Chairman of the <strong>Industrial Development Board (IDB)<\/strong> on <strong>June 1<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The IDB, one of Sri Lanka\u2019s oldest enterprise development institutions with a history of more than <strong>60 years<\/strong>, plays a vital role in promoting the growth of <strong>small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs)<\/strong> and supporting industrial development across the country.<\/p>\n<p>Hewage brings nearly <strong>20 years of experience<\/strong> in areas including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Banking and finance<\/li>\n<li>Business strategy<\/li>\n<li>Marketing<\/li>\n<li>Entrepreneurship development<\/li>\n<li>Sports tourism<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Before this appointment, he served as the <strong>Private Secretary to the Deputy Minister of Industries and Entrepreneurship Development<\/strong> and was involved in several national initiatives aimed at strengthening Sri Lanka\u2019s SME sector.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on his appointment, Hewage highlighted the importance of <strong>innovation, technology, and entrepreneurship<\/strong> in driving Sri Lanka\u2019s industrial transformation and creating a new era of industrial excellence.<\/p>\n<p>His appointment is expected to further enhance the IDB\u2019s efforts to support <strong>SME development, innovation, and sustainable industrial growth<\/strong> throughout Sri Lanka. \ud83c\udfed\ud83d\udcc8\ud83d\ude80<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yasas Hewage officially assumed duties as the new Chairman of the Industrial Development Board (IDB) on June 1. The IDB, one of Sri Lanka\u2019s oldest enterprise development institutions with a history of more than 60 years, plays a vital role in promoting the growth of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and supporting industrial development across &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2105,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2104","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2104","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2104"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2104\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2106,"href":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2104\/revisions\/2106"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2105"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2104"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2104"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2104"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}