The Election Commission has decided to issue a temporary pass for about three hundred thousand voters who had applied but not yet received their National Identity Cards.
ජනාධිපතිවරයාගේ ඉදිරි කටයුතු වෙනුවෙන් පෞද්ගලික පරිහරණයට රුපියල් කෝටි 800ක මුදලක් වෙන් කර ඇති බවට ජනතා විමුක්ති පෙරමුණේ පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්රි විජිත හේරත් නගන චෝදනා සම්පූර්ණයෙන් අසත්ය හා පදනම් විරහිත බැවින් එය තරයේ ප්රතික්ෂේප කරන බව ජනාධිපති කාර්යාලය පවසනවා.
Out of the 35 presidential candidates, six have yet not handed over their declaration of assets and liabilities to the Election Commission, accordi9ng to the Election Commissioner Mahinda Deshapriya.
Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe yesterday expressed his happiness on the great blow which the ISIS suffered with the killing of its leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.
A total of 1,835 complaints were received to the Elections Commission from October 8 to 26 regarding election law violations and violent activities, the Commission said.
The Education Ministry had decided to grant a holiday for all Tamil medium schools on Monday (28) due to the Deepavali festival falling on Sunday (27).
ඉදිරි ජනාධිපතිවරණය සම්බන්ධයෙන් ජනාධිපති මෛතී්රපාල සිරිසේන මහතා විශේෂ ප්රකාශයක් සිදුකිරීමට නියමිත බව වාර්තා වනවා.
The Election Commission said yesterday it would take steps to prevent election results being leaked to social media prior to the official results being released, an official said yesterday.
පොල් ගෙඩියක් සඳහා පනවා තිබු රුපියල් 75 ක උපරිම සිල්ලර මිල ඉවත් කිරීමට පාරිභෝගික සේවා අධිකාරිය තීරණය කර තිබේ. ඊට අදාළ අති විශේෂ ගැසට් නිවේදනය පාරිභෝගික සේවා අධිකාරිය විසින් මේ වන විට නිකුත් කර ඇත.
ජපානයේ නිල සංචාරයක නිරත වී සිටි ජනාධිපති මෛත්රීපාල සිරිසේන මහතා ඊයේ (27) මධ්යම රාත්රියේ දිවයිනට පැමිණ ඇත. ඒ මහතාගේ පැමිණීමත් සමඟ දේශපාලන කරළිය තුළ යම් උණුසුම් තත්වයක් ඇතිවනු ඇති බවයි ආරංචිමාර්ග සඳහන් කරන්නේ.
The Parliament Sectoral Oversight Committee on Anti-Corruption and the Media is considering a proposal to increase the number of Supreme Court Justices from the current 11 to 15. This recommendation by the Committee is for the purpose of enhancing the capacity of the judicial system to handle the mounting number of cases, according to Parliament sources. The Committee also agreed that the delays in court proceedings were a serious issue and has asked for a thorough investigation into the whole matter of delays, a Parliament communique said.
එළඹෙන ජනාධිපතිවරණයට අදාළ නිල ඡන්ද දැන්වීම් පති්රකා අද තැපැල් කාර්යාල වෙත භාරදීමට නියමිතව තිබෙනවා.
The Presidential Secretariat yesterday said allegations made by JVP MP Vijitha Herath that Rs.8000 million has been allocated for the President Maithripala Sirisena’s personal use and for his future activities in retirement is “completely false and baseless”.
The polling cards for the 2019 presidential election would be distributed by post from today, the Deputy Postmaster General (Operations) D.A.R.K. Ranasinghe said.
The Elections Commission gave a strict warning to heads of state media institutions to adhere to the media guidelines in covering the presidential polls an official said yesterday.
The Vote on Account presented by Finance Minister Mangala Samaraweera in parliament (October 23) for the first 4 months of 2020 was passed unanimously. Recurrent and Capital expenditure for Rs.1, 470 billions is expected to be spent during that period and another Rs.05 billion is expected to be spent for the Advance Account.
While presenting the Vote of Account, the Finance Minister highlighted the reliefs granted to the people in this manner:
Presently there is no provision in the Excise Ordinance for the police officers to initiate proceedings before a magistrate against the offender on matters pertaining to illicit liquor. Therefore, it has resulted in the rapid increase in the trade and consumption of illicit liquor in most part of the country.
Accordingly, Section 35 and 52 of the Excise Ordinance will be amended to authorize the police officers to take legal action on matters pertaining to illicit liquor.
The Value Added Tax (Amendment) Bill provides for the following Value Added Tax Policies which are approved in the Budget - 2019 and Cabinet decision dated June 25, 2019 on the CP No.19/1781/108/162.
The piece based VAT rate applicable on domestic sale of certain garments by the export oriented BOI companies will be increased from Rs.75/- to Rs.100/-,
The Minister of Finance will be authorized to prescribe the basis for chargeability of VAT of certain goods specified by the Minister by regulations,
VAT payment dates presently fall on 15th, 20th and last date of the month following the each month of a taxable period is inconvenient for the tax payers as well as the tax administration. Considering the requests of the taxpayers, the VAT payment date will be changed to 20th day of the month following the month relevant to such payment.
VAT imposed on the supply of condominium housing units will not be charged where the:-
In addition to the above
Reduction of VAT rate applicable on the supply of condominium housing units to 6% and input tax relating to such supply will be counted at 5%.
The Nation Building Tax (Amendment) has been prepared to implement the below mentioned Nation Building Tax Policies which are proposed in the Budget - 2019.
The Finance Act amendment provides for the below mentioned Tax Policies which are proposed in the Budget - 2019.
The definition of "Specified Motor Vehicle" for the applicability of Luxury Tax on Motor Vehicle will be amended to provide for chargeability of the tax based on the price of vehicle instead of engine capacity and specifying the exempt vehicle categories. (For further clarification please refer to the Press Release issued by the Finance Ministry)
Levy on Foreign Commercial Transactions will be charged at the rate of 3.5% on the Credit/Debit card payments made to purchase goods/services from outside Sri Lanka. The date of implementation of the Levy will be declared by the Minister by order published in the Gazette.
In addition to the above, following amendments will be moved during the Committee Stage of the Finance Bill.
The Carbon Tax was imposed under the Finance Act, No.35 of 2018. The tax is payable by the vehicle owners based on the fuel type and the age of the vehicle at the time of renewal of annual registration. This tax is applicable only for this year (2019) and will be removed from December 01, 2019.
The Cellular Tower levy was imposed under the Finance Act, No.35 of 2018. According to the existing provisions, proceedings to be initiated at the Magistrates Court, if any operator defaults the payment of Levy. Provisions for a surcharge will be introduced if an operator defaults the payment of Levy, prior to initiate Court proceedings.
The Mobile technology is constantly evolving to keep pace with growing demand. The Government’s ambition is to ensure that consumers have excellent connectivity across the Country.
While presenting the Vote of Account, the Finance Minister highlighted the breakdown of the salary increment for public servants as follows:
These salary increases have been calculated based on the P.A.Circular 6/2016 and on the the recommendation of the Ranugge Salaries Commission. Accordingly public servants will be paid half of the new increase from January 01 2020 and the rest will be paid from January 01, 2021
No |
Designation |
2006 මූලික වැටුප |
2020 දී සියලු දීමනා සහිත වැටුප |
1. |
State Counsel |
Rs.28,095 |
Rs. 363,000 |
2. |
Attorney General |
Rs.67,000 |
Rs. 685,300 |
3. |
Sri Lanka Judicial Service |
Rs.28,740 |
Rs. 360,503 |
4. |
High Court Judges |
Rs.54,285 |
Rs. 530,750 |
5. |
Amateur Lecturer |
Rs.27,775 |
Rs. 155,220 |
6. |
Senior Professor |
Rs.67,100 |
Rs. 455,944 |
7. |
Office employee Service – UGC Non Academic |
Rs.14,150 |
Rs. 52,391 |
8. |
Secretary - UGC |
Rs.54,145 |
Rs. 226,420 |
9. |
Medical Officers |
Rs.25,515 |
Rs. 189,855 |
10. |
Medical Specialists |
Rs.42,390 |
Rs. 300,940 |
11. |
Sri Lanka Engineering Service |
Rs.22,935 |
Rs. 90,415 |
12. |
Director General Engineering Services |
Rs.42,390 |
Rs. 151,300 |
13. |
Police Constable |
Rs.13,880 |
Rs. 63,706 |
14. |
Inspector General of Police |
Rs.42,390 |
Rs. 199,750 |
15. |
Assistant Secretary |
Rs.22,935 |
Rs. 63,415 |
16. |
Additional Secretary |
Rs.42,390 |
Rs. 121,300 |
17. |
Office employee Service |
Rs.11,730 |
Rs. 34,550 |
All these proposals are amendments to be implemented under the proposals presented by Finance Minister Mangala Samaraweera in his Budget 2019.
Employers should grant leave to both public and private sector employees for the purpose of voting at presidential election on the basis of special full pay leave, Election Commission said today.
Parliament’s Sectoral Oversight Committee will shortly submit its recommendations to Parliament for the gradual take-over of the estate sector healthcare by the Health Ministry. The programme envisages the programme transfer of the old colonial era estate healthcare to the national health system which will provide the estate community full access to the country’s state-supported healthcare system.
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