Special commodity levy of sugar and wet fish have been revised, the Treasury informed today. Accordingly the special commodity levy on imported wet fish has been reduced by Rs 25.00 per kilogram as effective from today.
The Finance Ministry said that the decison was taken considering the recent bad weather condition which affected local fish production. With the inclusion of concession, price of imported wet fish has been reduced from Rs 75.00 to Rs 50.00 per kilogram. Currently Sri Lanka imports around 2,000 MT of fish per month for local consumption.
Meanwhile one kilogram of imported sugar has been increased to Rs 23.00 from Rs 13.00. Though this levy has been increased from Tuesday, there is no impact on the selling price of sugar in the market as the world market price on sugar is continuously declining. The FOB price of a kilogram of sugar was Rs 89.00 in October 2016 has now come down to Rs 69.00 per kilogram.
Mr. Ali Sabri Rahim, a Member of Parliament (MP) for Puttalam District whom an open warrant had been issued, attended a public ceremony at Al Aksha National School in Kalpitiya today (16) as the special guest of honor.
The Supreme Court today refused interim relief in an application filed by President’s Counsel Senaka Walgampaya seeking an Order from the Supreme Court compelling the President to appoint judges to fill the existing vacancies in the Court Of Appeal.
All Ceylon Makkal Congress MP Ali Sabri Raheem had been arrested by Kalpitiya police after he surrendered to the police today morning.
Senior DIG Nilantha Jayawardena has been sent on compulsory leave pending disciplinary investigation over his failure to prevent the Easter Sunday bombings.
The 22nd amendment to the constitution dealing with the term of the President has been gazetted by order of President Ranil Wickremesinghe.
Auspicious times widely followed by candidates keeping with traditions will be taken into consideration by the Election Commission in fixing the date and time for the conduct on the Presidential polls.
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