Sri Lanka, Oct. 8 -- Minister of Transport, Highways, Ports and Civil Aviation Bimal Ratnayake today (08) acknowledged in Parliament the on-going delay in the process of issuing new vehicle number plates.

Responding to a question, Minister Bimal Ratnayake stated that as of September 30, 2025, a total of 165,512 vehicle number plates had not yet been issued.

He further acknowledged that there is indeed a delay in the process of issuing the number plates.

"The issuance of number plates is more delayed than we initially planned. The new plates include seven special security features. We assigned the task of testing these features in Sri Lanka to the University of Moratuwa. They took around three months for the process. However, they were ...