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Applicants submitting passport applications through Sri Lanka Diplomatic Missions overseas could do so without providing fingerprints and digital photograph. Holders of such passports could provide fingerprints on their first arrival in Sri Lanka at the head office or any of the regional offices of the Department.
In February 2013, the Sri Lanka Export Development Board (SLEDB) established a trade centre in Chennai at a cost of ₹ 17 million as a permanent gateway facilitating trade between Sri Lanka and India. Handled by a Sri Lankan state-owned organisation, the trade centre was aimed as an economical alternative to road shows and promotional activities.
The Presidential Commission of Inquiry Into Complaints of Abductions and Disappearances (August 2015), also known as the Paranagama Commission, after its head Maxwell Paranagama, investigating missing persons Sri Lanka, found close to 19,000 persons confirmed to have gone missing during the Sri Lankan Civil War. 23,586 complaints were received ...
Battaramulla is an Urban Area under the administration of Kaduwela and is situated 8.4 km (5 mi) from the Colombo Fort, near the Parliament of Sri Lanka.It is one of the fastest developing administrative, commercial and residential areas in the Colombo District, being home to the country's elite.
Took office Left office Head of government Ministerial title Refs Jayaweera Kuruppu: Sri Lanka Freedom Party: S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike: Minister of Local Government and Cultural Affairs [5] [6] [7] P. B. G. Kalugalla: Sri Lanka Freedom Party: 9 June 1959: Minister of Cultural Affairs and Social Services [8] 8 December 1959: W. Dahanayake [8 ...
Kayleigh Fraser, from St Andrews, has been posting on social media about the ongoing demonstrations in the country.
In July 2024, Sri Lanka announced it will issue biometric passports to its citizens in order to address the poor standing of the passport. [17] The process, however, has been delayed due to procurement inconsistencies. [18] Most recently, Sri Lanka signed a visa waiver for diplomatic and official passport holders with Cambodia. [19]
The concept of registration of persons and issuing identity cards was the subject of an agreement made between India and Sri Lanka in 1954, The draft bill submitted to the Sri Lankan parliament in 1962 was passed as the Act of Registration of Persons No. 32 of 1968. With the aim of activating the provisions of this Act, the Department of ...