The term of the Excise Commissioner General M.J.Gunasiri has been ended with immediate effect, keeping with a cabinet decision.
Cabinet Spokesman Minister Vijitha Herath said Additional Secretary at the Presidential Secretariat U.D.N.Jayaweera has been appointed to the post in an acting capacity.
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.
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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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