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All Colombo Divisional Secretariats go cashless with card payment facilities
Daily Mirror - Sri Lanka
|July 03, 2026
All Divisional Secretariat Offices in the Colombo District have now been equipped with credit and debit card payment facilities, enabling cashless payments for government services under the Government’s digitalization initiative.
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The new payment system was officially launched at the Thimbirigasyaya Divisional Secretariat by Prime Minister Dr. Harini Amarasuriya.
During the event, the Prime Minister inaugurated point-of-sale (POS) machines installed at the Registrar’s Division and the Vehicle Revenue Licence Division and observed the issuance of birth certificates and vehicle revenue licences using the new payment system.
This story is from the July 03, 2026 edition of Daily Mirror - Sri Lanka.
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