More sugar, salt & lipids could mean more taxes
Food products which would exceed permitted levels of sugar, salt and lipids will be taxed in the near future, said…
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Bribery complaints against education still on the increase
Monday, 05 September 2016 14:28Bribery complains against educational institutions are still on the increase, according to the Bribery Commission.
Sabaragamuwa Uni’s ‘Indrachapa’ today
Monday, 05 September 2016 12:57The Students’ Union of the Agriculture Faculty at the Sabaragamuwa University is holding their arts festival - ‘Indrachapa’ today (05).
Ravi turns down presidential recommendation
Monday, 05 September 2016 10:42Minister Ravi Karunanayake has turned down a presidential recommendation that professionals who had opened their letters of credit to import vehicles before the import duties were increased be released the vehicles at the previous tax rates.
Sri Lanka ‘lacks political will to establish transitional justice’
Monday, 05 September 2016 10:16The UN chief visiting Sri Lanka’s war affected north has been told that the government lacks the political will to initiate any meaningful process for Transitional Justice.
Families of the Disappeared lament TNA’s indifference on OMP
Monday, 05 September 2016 10:12Although the Permanent Office of Missing Persons (OMP) has been made law in Sri Lanka, families of the disappeared feel they have been ignored and let down. A culprit for this problem is their representatives in parliament – the TNA. The latest in this series of disappointments for the families is the fate of amendments to the OMP bill the TNA promised to introduce during the debate in parliament. At the time of writing, three weeks after the debate, the families are yet to know if the party they helped to elect to the legislature moved amendments, let alone if at least one of their demands was included in the amendments.
Sri Lanka condemns assault on ambassador in Malaysia
Monday, 05 September 2016 10:10Sri Lanka's Foreign Ministry on Sunday condemned an act of violence on its high commissioner in Malaysia.
Cover up of probe again into honorary degree fiasco
Monday, 05 September 2016 09:24The Sri Jayewardenepura University’s administration is once again trying to cover up the investigation report against those accused over the granting of an honorary degree, for Rs. 30 million, to a wealthy German businessman by the name Ulrich Behmann six years ago, reports say.
Saliyawewa police assault : Justice still pending
Monday, 05 September 2016 08:40
Women’s organizations are demanding authorities to mete out justice for the pregnant woman who has reportedly been assaulted by Saliyawewa police in Puttalam.
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