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The Ministry of Labour and Foreign Employment has introduced three telephone numbers for obtaining information, including a hotline number to refer problems related to obtaining electric vehicle import permits under the recently introduced initiative of allowing Sri Lankan migrant workers remitting money through formal channels to import an electric vehicle. Accordingly, the necessary information can be obtained by making a …

Qurban Slaughtering 2020 – Wakfs Board DirectivesDirectives and guidelines to be followed for Eid Ul Alha – Qurbaan ;1. Required slaughtering permit/s in writing from the relevant Local Authority should be obtained.2. Required prior permission/approval and/or clearance in writing from the PHI of the area should be obtained.3. Clearance, if necessary, in writing from the relevant Police Station should be …

 Ref No. ACJU/PRO/2020/0032020.07.15 / 1441.11.23An important message from ACJU regarding Uldhiyya this yearUldhiyya is an important Sunnah in Islam. Some scholars have declared that performing Uldhiyya is ‘Waajib’.Almighty Allah says in the Holy Quran “So, offer Salāh (prayer) to your Lord, and sacrifice” (Surah 108 Verse 02).The ACJU appeals the Muslims to perform this act of worship observing the religious …

The Registrar General’s Department says the Details of Marriage and Ethnic Group will no longer be required for the registration of a birth.Registrar General N. C. Vithanage speaking to News 1st said the requirements of such particulars will be removed from the Application Form for the registration of a birth in Sri Lanka.He said many children in the country face …

The Dr. A.M.A. Azeez Commemoration Meeting and the Memorial Oration will be held on Tuesday 21st January 2020 at 4.30 p.m. at the Ghaffoor Hall, Zahira College, 406, Orabi Pasha Mawatha, Colombo 10.Dr. Farzana Haniffa, Senior Lecturer, Department of Sociology, University of Colombo, will deliver the Oration on the subject of “Activism in Uncertain Times: Revisiting the ‘Good Minority’ Classification …