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
Former Chairman of SriLankan Airlines, Nishantha Wickramasinghe, arrested on allegation of corruption by the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) has been remanded until July 1 by the Colombo Magistrate court.
Deputy Minister of Finance and Economic Stabilization and NPP National List MP Harshana Suriyapperuma who is tipped to be named the next Finance Ministry Secretary resigned from Parliament today.
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