The taxes of vehicles below 1000cc category have been increased with immediate effect from 01 August following a gazette notification signed by Finanace Minister Mangala Samaraweera to amend relavant regulations, the Finance Ministry said today.
In keeping up with the amended regulations, a unit tax of 1.5 million rupees will be taxed for a motor car below 1000cc while a unit tax of 1.25 million rupees will be taxed for an electric car below 1000cc. These new taxes will not be applied to vehicles that opened Letter of Credit before 01 August 2018 and will be cleared before 31 January 2019.
The death toll in the Ella bus accident has increased to 15 with 16 others injured.
Sri Lanka’s largest renewable energy project, the ‘Rvidanavi’ Solar Power Park project was launched in Siyambalanduwa today by President Anura Kumara Dissanayake.
Former President Mahinda Rajapaksa is due to vacate his official residence at Wijerama Mawatha, Colombo this morning, a Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) source said.
The Presidents’ Entitlements (Repeal) Bill was passed by a majority of 150 in parliament today. However the opposition MP’s were absent during the voting.
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