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.
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.
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