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Sri Lankan Postal rates up
The government has decided to raise postal rates from April 25.
Ordinary postal rates will go up by around 25 per cent and commercial rates by around 60 per cent, Postal Department sources said.
The postage for an ordinary letter will be Rs.4.50 and for a registered letter, Rs.16.50. Parcel Post rates will also increase substantially.
Air mail and foreign parcel rates will also increase, but telegraphic rates will remain the same, the sources said.
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'Postal System to match the 21st century' in Sri Lanka
The Minister of Posts and Telecommunications Nimal Siripala de Silva said that the objective of the Government was to establish a postal system which would meet the needs of the 21st century and carry out efficient and attractive services to take the people through shifting all Post Offices and Sub Post Offices in the country which were in rental houses to their own places and they were provided with modern facilities such as telephone, fax, e-mail, telemail, internet etc., and starting “postal shops” which provide services like stationery, photocopy in addition to postal service.
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