Foreigners can travel North sans approval - Defence Ministry

Foreigners can travel North sans approval - Defence Ministry[ Monday, 04 July 2011, 02:07.18 PM GMT +05:30 ]Ministry of Defence lifted the imposed pre-travel approval exclusively for foreign passport holders when travelling to the North with effect from today (04).

According to Military Liaison Officer Officials, foreign pass port holders are no longer required to produce a MOD travel approval document at Omanthai entry/exist point- the main travel checking point located in Vavuniya.

“As normalcy is flourishing in the country we see that travel restrictions to foreign passport holders as no longer required”, the official stated commenting on the latest move.

This is a definite sign that the country is heading in the right direction with the rapid reconciliation and development taking place in Wanni and North he further said, the Defence Ministry stated.

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Government has spent Rs.8585 mil​lion to obtain approval to organize Common Wealth Games

Government has spent Rs.8585 mil​lion to obtain approval to organize Common Wealth Games[ Thursday, 30 June 2011, 01:31.41 PM GMT +05:30 ]Sri-Lankan government has spent Rs.8585 million to obtain approval to organize Common Wealth Games in Hambantota Sri-Lanka.

According to the sources, the government has taken various steps to hold 2018 Common Wealth Games in Sri-Lanka and sources also said Rs.264 million had been paid to the British company to carry out advertisements this regard.

US$46.2 million had been spent for printing the books which explain the government’s plans regarding the organization of the event.

However UNP MP Harsha De Silva said total expenditure of the organization of the Common Wealth Games will be Rs.440 billion.

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