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Ports Minister to be empowered to revise levies in shipping industry
A bill which provides for the Minister of Ports to make regulations with respect of regulating and procedure for imposing and collecting charges of levy by services providers in the shipping industry is to be presented in Parliament.
A new bill has been gazetted by the Ministry this week to amend Section 3 of the Licensing of Shipping Agents, Freight Forwarders, Non-Vessel Operating Common Carriers and Container Operators Act, No. 22 of 1972.
Once the bill is passed and comes into legal effect, the Minister in Charge of the relevant Ministry can “make regulations with respect to regulating the procedure for imposing and collecting charge or levy imposed by the relevant service providers,”
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Israeli Tourist found safe after three-day search in Trincomalee
Tamar Amitai, a 25-year-old Israeli tourist who went missing in Uppuveli, Trincomalee, was found safe after a three-day joint search operation today.
- June 28, 2024 - 327 - 0
Former MP Hirunika Premachandra sentenced to three years RI
The Colombo High Court today (28) sentenced former parliamentarian Hirunika Premachandra to three years of Rigorous Imprisonment over charges of the involvement of an abduction.
- June 26, 2024 - 197 - 0
All bilateral loans postponed until 2028; President
In his special statement, President Ranil Wickremesinghe announced that debt restructuring agreements will postpone all bilateral loan payments to foreign countries until 2028. Additionally, Sri Lanka will have until 2043 to repay these loans on concessional terms.
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