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
A Thai woman walking topless in Arugam Bay town has been arrested by the Police.
The Cabinet has approved a proposal for Sri Lankans overseas to apply for their passports through an online system via the Lankan diplomatic missions.
Ajith Gallage, the owner of a Bird Park in Nagarawawa, Hambantota, has been remanded over allegations of concealing illegally imported motorcycles, in a warehouse owned by him.
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