The board of directors of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) is due to meet today to finalise Sri Lanka’s second tranche under the US$2.9 billion Extended Fund Facility (EFF).
The amendments to VAT were rushed through parliament on Monday in anticipation of today’s likely approval of the over $300 million second tranche of the IMF loan.
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The Inland Revenue Department (IRD) backed by the Excise and Customs Department today launched a fresh drive to collect taxes including some Rs.780 billion listed as ‘collectable defaults’.
The Supreme Court today unanimously dismissed a Fundamental Rights petition filed by five convicts in the 1996 Krishanthi Kumaraswamy abduction, rape, and murder case.
A SriLankan airlines flight has been grounded in an airport in Indonesia due to a technical defect leaving 93 passengers stranded, an official said.
The actions of a resident in Egoda Uyana, Moratuwa helped to avoid a possible railway accident involving an office train on the southern coastal line today, the Railway Department said.
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