To coincide with the Milad Un Nabi festival the Ministry of Posts, Postal services, and Muslim Affairs has taken steps to renovate the mosques in the Nuwareliya and Badulla districts. Recently at aceremony presided by Minister M.H. Abdul Haleem monies were given to renovate the mosques.
Minister Haleem said that the Milad Un Nabi National festival will be held in Badulla this year, while in the past it was never held in Badulla or Nuwaraeliya.
He said that national importance should be given to the festival and therefore he is hoping to get the approval of the cabinet of ministers to celebrate this festival in every ministry.
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