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LNP – SLC reduces voting members from 147 to 60 ahead of 2025 elections

Ahead of the 2025 Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) elections, SLC said that its membership at an extraordinary general meeting has…

5 days ago

LNP – Hybrid vehicle import tax based on engine capacity will reduce costs, satisfy all

If hybrid vehicle imports are taxed based on their engine capacity, it will satisfy both consumers and the government, while…

5 days ago

LNP – IMF to assess Sri Lanka’s tax revisions in upcoming staff report

The IMF Executive Board is expected to convene in the coming months to review the Staff-Level Agreement on the Third…

5 days ago

LNP – Cabinet approval to import salt to resolve shortage

The Cabinet of Ministers has granted approval for the import of up to 30,000 metric tons of non-iodized salt by…

6 days ago

LNP – ADB extends $150 million line of credit to CEB

Asian Development Bank (ADB) and Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) signed an agreement on Thursday for the ADB to provide a…

6 days ago

LNP – Compulsory retirement age of govt doctors extended

The Cabinet of Ministers has approved the extension of the compulsory age limit of retirement for government medical officers up…

6 days ago

LNP – Sri Lanka Police to receive Rs. 300M Indian grant for new vehicles

The Government of India has agreed to provide financial assistance amounting to Sri Lankan Rs. 300 million to address vehicle…

6 days ago

LNP – Sri Lankan jailed for murdering wife with axe in front of their children

In the Victorian Supreme Court on Thursday, Dinush Kurera, 47, blinked and looked straight ahead as Justice Amanda Fox handed…

6 days ago

LNP – Court issues arrest warrant on Gnanasara Thera over absence on judgment day

The Colombo Chief Magistrate’s Court today issued a warrant for the arrest of Bodu Bala Sena (BBS) General Secretary Ven.…

6 days ago

LNP – Withholding Tax to be increased to 10%

President Anura Kumara Dissanayake announced that the Withholding Tax will be increased from 5% to 10%.

1 week ago