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Snap Presidential polls!

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11 months ago

June 5, 2023

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The government is making arrangements to call a snap Presidential Election early next year, political sources said.

A senior minister of the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) said that President Ranil Wickremesinghe calling the members of the Cabinet, the party leaders of the government and the SLPP district leaders to the Presidential Secretariat last Monday to inform them about the government’s programme may have been a precursor to a snap election.

The President has said that the economic growth which was at a negative level has now been brought to the level of zero, and that it will be brought to a positive rate by September. He has requested the Cabinet and the SLPP leaders to visit the people at villages and inform them about this programme of the government.

It was reported that the President has also requested the political representatives to go to the grassroots level and prepare the background required to face any election.

(Lankadeepa)

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Sri Lanka’s visa fees to be unchanged

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5 hours ago

May 6, 2024

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A cabinet decision was taken today (May 06) to maintain the existing $50 fee for a 30-day visa for foreigners visiting the country, the PMD announces.

It has also been decided to continue offering free visa services to citizens of 07 countries: India, China, Russia, Japan, Malaysia, Thailand, and Indonesia.

Meanwhile, visa issuance responsibility will be handled solely by the Dept. of immigration & Emigration, the PMD adds.

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180 passports found dumped in a drain!

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6 hours ago

May 6, 2024

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A bag with 180 passports has been found in a drain in the Maharagama area.

According to reports, the passports had been obtained by a foreign employment agency operating in the Maharagama area, promising foreign employment.

It is reported that the owner of the agency had fled the area, after duping a number of people and swindling nearly Rs. 260 million.

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Immigration Dept says their power of approving visa not impacted

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6 hours ago

May 6, 2024

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The Department of Immigration and Emigration has stated that the methodology of the present e-visa system has not impacted the Department’s power of approving, issuing or not issuing visa, mentioned in the Immigrants and Emigrants Act No. 20 of 1948.

In a detailed statement, shown below, the department has elaborated as follows :

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