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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 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 ...
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.
This has hampered the ability of Sri Lankan business people to travel and connect with peers and maintain a globally competitive outlook. [2] Although Sri Lanka is a middle-income country, successive Sri Lankan governments have made little or no efforts to improve the standing of the passport. [3] [4] [5] The Sri Lankan passport continues to ...
This map is part of a collection of 216 free country maps, created by the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), to be used in print, web or broadcast products. The ReliefWeb Location Maps released here are maps that highlight a country, its capital, major populated places and the surrounding regions.
After fighting resumed between government forces and the rebels, the road was closed again in 2006. [3] After mounting a series of offensives against the rebels, the Sri Lankan Army regained control of the entire highway on January 9, 2009, with the freeing of the strategic Elephant Pass area. This was the first time in 23 years that the ...
The offices of the High Commission occupied a six-storey office building, designed by Charles Kidby of the Ministry of Works, on a 1.6 ha (4.0 acres) site, on Galle Road in Colpetty. Construction of the office building commenced in April 1963, with the laying of a foundation stone by Sir Michael Walker , and opened in January 1966. [ 1 ]