The Supreme Court has determined that some clauses of the Value Added Tax (Amendment) Bill is inconsistent with the Constitution, Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena announced in Parliament this morning.
However, the court has noted that these inconsistancies would cease if the amendments proposed by the Deputy Solicitor General are moved at the Committee Stage of the debate, the Speaker further said.
The bill had been challenged in the Supreme Court in terms of Article 121(1) of the Constitution.
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.
A Thai woman walking topless in Arugam Bay town has been arrested by the Police.
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.
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