Sri Lanka's telephone call and Internet connection charges are to be increased in the 2016 budget which will be presented in Parliament on Friday (tomorrow), informed sources revealed.
In addition to these increased charged, the budget will also increase the tax levied on telecom companies. At present telecom providers pay a tax of 12.24 per cent tax which would be increased, an official of the leading telecom provider who wished to remain anonymous, said.
(Bandula)
A Sri Lanka Air Force Bell 212 helicopter belonging to the No. 72 squadron has crashed into the Madhuru Oya reservoir this morning, Air FOrce Media Spokesman Eranda Geeganage said.
Update: Five of the twelve passengers on board the bell 212 aircraft that crashed into the Maduru Oya today, have succumbed to their injuries, the SLAF said.
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