The 4% VAT Increase And NBT To Be Implemented From Today(01)

The 4% increase of VAT(Value Added  Tax) and  2% NBT(Nation Building Tax) will be implemented with effect from today(01).

Accordingly the Value Added Tax will be increased by 4% from 11% to 15%  including goods and services like Tobacco,Telecom,Milk Powder,Air Ticket Fees,Private Medical Services excluding Dialysis,Diagnostic Services and OPD services.The Nation Building Tax will  remain unchanged  as 2%.

A total number of 82 essential goods and services have been excluded from the VAT increase it has been announced.

Price Of A Every Brand Of Cigarette To Be Increased By Rs.5-10 From Today(01)

As the Cabinet had recently approved a proposal to impose  15% VAT(Value Added Tax)  on Cigarettes and the 4% VAT increase effected from today   the  Ceylon Tobacco Company has decided to increase the Price of a every brand of Cigarette  by Rs.5 to Rs.10 with effect from today(01) the Company has announced.

Accordingly the price of a every brand of Cigarette available in local market will be increased up to 15% Tobacco Company has stated .

With the new price increase the Tobacco Company has increased the price of a Cigarette by Rs.12 during last one month period it has been reported.Most recently  the  price of a Cigarette has been increased by Rs.7.

An Occupational Hazard? Vet Contracts TB From A Wildebeest

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A 70 Year Old Was Sentenced To Fourteen Year Imprisonment Uphold To One Year Over Involved In Illicit Liquor Trade

Bandarawela Magistrate has yesterday (31) sentenced a 14 year imprisonment uphold to one year on  a 70 year old Bandarawela Resident who found guilty over 14 court cases filed against him regarding  involved in  local illicit liquor trade .

The  Magistrate has also ordered the suspect to pay a fine of  Rs.255,000  for the offences .

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Eleven Suspects Arrested Over The Shooting Incident In Mattakkuliya Further Remanded

Eleven Suspects who were arrested and remanded over the recent  shooting  incident in Sammetpura,Mattakkuliya which killed  four persons have been further remanded untill 11th  of November by Colombo Additional Magistrate yesterday (31).

The shooting incident occurred at Sammetpura in Mattakkiliya was done by a team led by Kudu Roshan it has been reported.