The Immigration and Emigration Department has decided to end the 24 hour service of issuing passports from May 30, the Department said.
From June 2 onwards one day service to issue passports will be operational from 7.00 a.m. to 2 p.m. where persons who made a date reservation previously and those applying under special circumstances could hand over their applications.
The normal service passport applications could be handed over at the head office or the regional offices also from 7.a.m to 2.00 p.m.
The 24 hour one day service to issue passports commenced on February 18 inorder to clear a backlog
The funeral of arguably the Queen of the Sinhala cinema Malini Fonseka, will be held with state honours on Monday, May 26, 2025, at the Independence Square.
The NPP government has been at the wheel for almost 6 months now. The time to keep looking at the rear view mirror and living in the past is about over.
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