Sri Lanka’s freight forwarding companies are to be given concessions in the 2016 budget to facilitate the country’s imports and exports, official sources revealed short while ago, minutes before the budget presentation.
Tax concessions will be given to the shipping and freight forwarding industry, a senior official said.
The deregulation of foreign ownership as well as legal issues pertaining to local and foreign freight forwarding companies will be addressed soon by the government, he added. (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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