Following a recent cabinet decision to impose a 15 percent VAT on cigarettes and to increase the production tax byRs 5 per cigarette, a shortage of cigarettes has been experienced by consumers.
The following picture was taken in Matara as consumers queue up to buy cigarettes.
Former Chairman of SriLankan Airlines, Nishantha Wickramasinghe, arrested on allegation of corruption by the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) has been remanded until July 1 by the Colombo Magistrate court.
The Committee on High Posts has approved the nomination of Former Air Force Commander Air Chief Marshal (Retd.)
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