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 […]
The 75-year-old doctor arrested over the detection of a hand grenade at the All Saints Church, Borella, made statement to the Colombo Additional Magistrate Rajindra Jayasuriya in camera yesterday. The suspect was produced before the court by the Colombo Crimes Division (CCD). The suspect had requested the court that he be given the opportunity to […]
‘15 out of 16 requests rejected, but there were no blackouts’ By Rathindra Kuruwita The Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) had made 16 requests to Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka (PUCSL) between 2016 and 2020, seeking permission for power purchases, Chairman of the PUCSL Janaka Ratnayake said yesterday. Ratnayake said that PUCSL had rejected those […]
By Pradeep Prasanna Samarakoon and Sujeewa Thathsara The number of asymptomatic COVID-19 cases had increased with the spread of the Omicron variant, Deputy Director General of Health Services, Dr. Hemantha Herath told The Island yesterday. Dr. Herath said that the number of COVID-19 cases was also rising. During the past few months, the daily cases […]