Minister Of Finance To Remove The Tax Imposed On Private Hospitals

Minister of Finance and Media Mangala

Samaraweera has stated today(16) that the Government will remove the Value Added Tax(VAT) imposed on Private Hospital Channel Services  during next week.

This step will be taken as a part of the programme that provides concessions to the public by the good governance government he has  stressed while addressing an occassion held to provide flood relief to the displaced people in Matara today(16).

Addressing the occassion Minister has said that the common people have to pay indirect taxes under the current system ,However higher professionals are hiding their earned money to avoid paying taxes.Only 400,000 direct tax files are  there at the moment he has stressed.

Meanwhile when the Medical Specialist had met the Minister early this week to discuss on the  reducing of tax imposed on Private Channel Services ,Minister has refused to reduce the tax.

MOLTEN LAVA MEETS THE SEA

GOLDEN MELODIES

Imprisoned Gnanasara Thero Has Informed The Prison Authorities Not To Visit Him

The imprisoned Ven.Galagodaatte Gnanasara Thero has informed the prison authorities ,The doctors of the Prison Hospital and outsiders not to visit him at " R " ward of the Welikada Prison where he is being  located and taken treatment for the skin ailment appeared in his legs from the prison inmates there it has been revealed.

The Thero who was remanded for one year to be served in six months over making death threats to Sandya Eknaligoda the wife of the missing cartoonist Prageeth Eknaligoda at Homagama Court Premises in 2016,Had conducted a Dharma Deshana(Buddhist Lecture) and a meditation programme for the prison inmates last night(15) it has been reported.

A Female Has Died While Drowning In A Canal

A 38 year old female has d

ied due to drowning  while bathing in a Canal at the Magulpokuna area in Welikanda, Polonn aruwa this morning(16).

The deceased has been identified as a resident of the area and during the post mortem  it has been revealed that the death was occurred due to drowning .

A FIRE ERUPTED IN GLASGOW ART SCHOOL

A Person Was Arrested While Transporting A Haul Of Heroin

Pujapitiya Police have arrested a person while transporting 12.350 Grammes of Heroin in a Three Wheeler at Pujapitiya in Kandy yesterday(15).

The suspect who is a resident of Batagolla deniya in Kandy is due to be produced before the Pujapitiya Magistrate Court in Kandy today(16).