By Namini Wijedasa
In accordance with the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) guidelines, President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, in his capacity as Finance Minister, has issued a gazette reducing the duration and scope of tax exemptions and incentives granted to businesses investing in the Colombo Port City.
The revision applies to both “primary businesses of strategic importance” (PBSIs) and “secondary businesses of strategic importance” (SBSIs), representing a reduction in the incentives granted through the last regulations gazetted in August 2023.
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The number of Buddhist monks who were killed following the accident at the Na Uyana Theravada Buddhist Monastery (Na Uyana Aranya Senansenaya) in Pansiyagama, Melsiripura, Kurunegala currently stands at nine , with four injured, Minister of Buddhasasana, Religious and Cultural Affairs Prof. Hiniduma Sunil Senevi told Parliament this morning. He revealed that two of the injured Buddhist monks are being treated at the Intensive Care Unit (ICU
Several shops were damaged in a major fire that broke out in a shop on the third floor of a building at First Cross Street in Pettah, Colombo, today evening.
President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, addressing the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly, said that both inequality and poverty ought to be regarded as a worldwide catastrophe that requires urgent attention.
The opposition has renewed its demand for a long delayed forensic audit into the controversial e-visa deal, following the sentencing of former Controller General of Immigration, Harsha Ilukpitiya, for contempt of court.
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