Litro legal wrangle: By Shamindra Ferdinando Former Chairman of the Committee on Public Enterprises (COPE) Prof. Charitha Herath has said the government is duty bound to prevent questionable actions of those who are at the helm of public sector enterprises. The MP has suggested that those responsible for such actions be made to compensate the […]
Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Mali and Head of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilisation Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) El Ghassim Wane during a meeting with a visiting Sri Lankan delegation early this week has expressed appreciation for the Sri Lanka Army Combat Convoy Company (LKACCC) serving in landlocked Mali. El Ghassim Wane said […]
By Rathindra Kuruwita Flawed health guidelines issued by the Ministry of Health during the last few months has led to an explosive increase in COVID cases, College of Medical Laboratory Science (CMLS) President, Ravi Kumudesh told The Island yesterday. Kumudesh said health officials believed that the threat posed by COVID was over after the number […]
The Special Goods and Services Tax (GST) Bill and the Value Added Tax (Amendment) Bill were presented to Parliament on Thursday. The Special GST Bill was presented to provide for the imposing of a special goods and services tax in terms of the amount chargeable on specified goods and services by way of tax, duty, […]
United Kingdom’s State Minister for South Asia, United Nations and the Commonwealth, Lord Tariq Ahmad had commended the progress Sri Lanka had made on the Human Rights front, the President’s Media Division (PMD) said yesterday issuing a press release. “Lord Tariq Ahmad further stated that Sri Lanka will be able to resolve all issues pertaining […]