The government decided to maintain the existing $50 fee for a 30-day visa for foreigners visiting the country and the free visa service currently offered to citizens of seven countries – India, China, Russia, Japan, Malaysia, Thailand, and Indonesia will be continued as usual, President Media Division said.
Meanwhile, the Secretariat also said that the visa issuance responsibility will be handled solely by the Department of Immigration and Emigration as well.
President Ranil Wickremesinghe emphasised that LKR 01 billion will be allocated next year for research on the relationship between Buddha’s teachings and Artificial Intelligence (AI).
V.V. Ganeshananthan has won the prestigious Carol Shields Prize for Fiction 2024 for her book ‘Brotherless Night’.
The Kandy railway station was inundated with water due to heavy rains.
All senior officials of the Department of Immigration and Emigration including the Commissioner General Harsha Illukpitiya today failed to attend a crucial meeting of the Committee on Public Finance (COPF) which was due to take up the controversy on outsourcing online and on arrival tourist visas.
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