Concessions For Consumers ,Small/Medium Entrepreneurs And Fishermen From 2016 Budget Proposals

*A Certified Price is set for a Killo Of Rice as Rs.65  (Keeri Samba-Rs.50, Samba-Rs.41,Nadu-Rs.38)

*The Price Of 400 Grammes Pack of Locally Manufactured Milk Powder reduced by Rs.30(From Rs.325 to Rs.295)
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*Two Year tax relief for Rubber Industry

*Rs.One Million Insurance Scheme for local fishermen 

*Ra.750 Million allocated for upgrading fisheries harbors

*Fifty Licenses to be issued to Gold Importers to import Gold sans import duty(no one will allow to import Gold without such license)

*The income tax of Micro,Small and Medium Entrepreneurs to be reduced by 50% for first five years with effect from 01st Of April 2016

Says Finance Minister Ravi Karuananayake by presenting the 2016 Annual Budget Proposals to the Parliament short while ago.

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Administrative Activities Of The Health Ministry Are Being Collapsed Due To The Foreign Tour Mania Of Higher Ministry Officials

The Administrative Activities of the Ministry Of Health ,Nutrition And Indigenous Medicine are being collapsed  at the moment  due to the absence of higher Ministry Officials who are travelling abroad frequently according to Ministry Sources.

Most of these higher officials attach to the Health Ministry are going abroad as small groups and due to this activities of most sections in the ministry have been paralyzed the sources have said."Some Higher Officers are been in abroad most of the time this year more than staying in Sri Lanka " one of the senior officers attach to the Ministry has said.

A female Deputy Director General Of Health Services who has been appointed to the planning section six months ago has went abroad 13 times this year up to now the officer has stressed.

Due to the foreign tour  mania of these Health Ministry Higher Officials sometimes its hard to find  a single officer to solve problems of the public during Public Day held on every Wednesday .

At present two Deputy Director General of Health Services and Director General Of Health Services are touring abroad.

A FAMOUS UNTITLED ABSTRACT ART WORK OF YESTERYEAR RUSSIAN ARTIST WASSILY KANDINSKY(1866-1944)

THIS COLORFUL ABSTRACT ART WORK WAS PAINTED BY RUSSIAN INFLUENTIAL ARTIST WASSILY KANDINSKY. 

Police Have Detained 9 Persons Who Dumped Waste Matter In To The Kelaniya River

Police have today(19) detained 9 persons including 5 females who dumped waste matter in to the Kelaniya River(In Western Province).

The Police Naval Division Officers have detained  these persons who dumped waste matter in to the river at Nelligahawatte Area in Paliyagoda(Western Province).

However Police have released the detainees on police bail and they are due to be produced before Wattala And Hulftsdorf Courts.

LYRICS OF THE SONG SUNG BY SRI LANKAN SINGER AMARASIRI PIERIS ON KALA WEWA(RIVER)