The National Water Supply and Drainage Board (NWSDB) has been given permission by the Cabinet of Ministers to lower the water charges in accordance with the tariff formula.
In light of this, household users’ water rates will drop by 7%, government hospitals’ by 4.5%, and educational institutions’ by 6.3%.
The decision was made in accordance with the agreement signed with the International Monetary Fund (IMF), according to Minister Bandula Gunawardana, the cabinet spokesman.
The UK government has unveiled a package of reforms to simplify imports from developing countries which allows for more garments manufactured in Sri Lanka to enter the UK tariff-free.
Read these and more on tomorrow’s edition of the Sunday Times
Cabinet has approved the appointment of Commodore (retired) M.B.N.A. Premaratne of the Sri Lanka Navy, as the new Commissioner General of Excise.
Villagers in Nirmalapura, Daluwa, Norochcholai today staged a protest over an incident where a group of Navy officials and sailors had assaulted a resident in the area over night, Police said.
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