New tax from next week on imported coconut oil
An import tax will be imposed on coconut oil with effect from next week, said state minister of finance Ranjith Siyambalapitiya.
An import tax will be imposed on coconut oil with effect from next week, said state minister of finance Ranjith Siyambalapitiya.
MP Udaya Gammanpila says a 22nd amendment would be tabled in parliament for the removal of police powers contained in the 13th amendment to the constitution.
Specific provisions of the private member’s motion submitted by SLPP MP Jayantha Ketagoda to reconvene dissolved local government bodies is in violation of the constitution, the Attorney General’s Department has informed the Supreme Court.
Media spokesman of the Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) S.M. Marikkar says a heinous economic crime is now taking place.
Former president Maithripala Sirisena has been appointed to head the International Summit Council for Peace (ISCP).
The Norwegian embassy in Colombo will close permanently on 31 July.
Police and a certain group had disrupted the functions in Colombo to mark the 40th anniversary of the Black July of 1983, said organizers.
The Presidential Secretariat will no longer pay the utility bills of the official residences of former presidents.
A strong regulatory body is required to ensure financial discipline, said Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) MP Eran Wickramaratne.
Police in Mt. Lavinia have arrested a four-member gang who had intimidated and extorted money from men with homosexual tendencies.