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With this 750th piece, My View completes fourteen and a half years of unbeaten record. First appearing in January 2011,1 it ...
March 25, 2025 This March marks the mid-point of Sri Lanka’s four-year economic reform program supported by the International Monetary Fund (IMF). In the two years since its inception difficult but ...
Minister for Foreign Affairs Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa is seeking an urgent amendment to the Fees and Charges Act to reduce the price of the ordinary passport booklet from Ghc500 to Ghc350.
Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, is requesting an immediate change to the Fees and Charges Act that will lower the cost of the standard passport booklet from GH₵500 to ...
The Sri Lankan Army has issued a clarification on the retention of passports belonging to Army personnel. Under this directive, passports of personnel holding the rank of major and below will be ...
As Sri Lanka emerges from its worst economic crisis, the new government faces the challenge of balancing recovery with sustainable growth.
ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s Cabinet of Ministers has approved a proposal to boost the number of passport supply to 4,000 per day and increase staff on a contract basis, amid increasing complaints of ...
Sri Lanka has secured the position of having the third strongest passport in South Asia, according to the latest Henley Passport Index for 2025. Ranked 96th globally, the Sri Lankan passport now ...
Sri Lanka has been ranked 95 offering its citizens visa-free access to 44 countries in the world by the latest Henley Passport Index released in October 2024. According to this year’s rankings, ...
COLOMBO, Nov. 1 (Xinhua) -- Sri Lanka's Department of Immigration and Emigration was setting up an online appointment system for passport applications, according to an announcement by the ...
Sri Lanka has been experiencing shortages of blank passports, leading to queues outside the Department of Immigration and Emigration for several months.