Slave-Island will be know as Kompanna Vidiya in English, Sinhala and Tamil from today (02) onwards.

The Secretary to the Prime Minister Anura Dissanayake instructed the Secretary of the Ministry of Public Administration, Home Affairs, Provincial Councils and Local Government to make appropriate amendments regarding the use of Kompanna Vidiya instead of Slave-Island.

Under the directives of Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena, the Postmaster General and the Colombo Municipal Commissioner have been informed of the decision in conjunction with the 75th Independence Day.Although used as Kompanna Vidiya in Sinhala and Tamil, the town was introduced during the colonial period as Slave-Island.