PM instructs street names are in Sinhala, Tamil and English only
Posted by ONLANKA Newsroom on May 22, 2019 - 8:40 pm
Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has instructed the Home Affairs, Local Government and Provincial Council’s Minister Vajira Abeywardene to ensure that all streets in Sri Lanka are named only in Sinhala, Tamil and English languages.
No other language can be used. – PM office says in a statement.
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