President Ranil Wickremesinghe has directed to declare 19 September as a day of mourning in view of the passing of HM Queen Elizabeth II.
Accordingly, directives were issued to the Ministry of Public Administration & Home Affairs to make the necessary arrangements.
The National flag will be hoisted at half-mast until the said date.
UK’s longest-serving monarch, Queen Elizabeth II died at Balmoral aged 96, after reigning for 70 years.
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