Sri Lanka, upon inking an agreement with Saudi officials, has been permitted to send a quota of 3500 pilgirms annually to perform the annual Haj pilgrimage.
The agreement had been reached between the Haj Committee appointed by Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa and members of the Saudi government recently.
Marjan Azmi, who led the Haj Committee, signed the agreement on behalf of the Prime Minister with Saudi's Haj and Umrah Deputy Minister Dr. Abdul Sulaiman Mashat.
Previously, Sri Lanka had been entitled to send 2850 pilgrims to perform the religious piligrimage.
Tamar Amitai, a 25-year-old Israeli tourist who went missing in Uppuveli, Trincomalee, was found safe after a three-day joint search operation today.
President Ranil Wickremesinghe is firm about the President’s five-year tenure, the President’s Media Division (PMD) said.
Individuals who have obtained a Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN) yet do not meet the cutoff, can choose to remain tax exempt after notifying the IRD in writing, provided that their monthly income does not surpass the threshold, according to the State Minister of Finance Ranjith Siyambalapitiya.
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