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Monday, September 10, 2018

Government To Repay VAT Imposed On Purchased Goods To Foreigners From Tomorrow

Repayment of Value Added Tax

(VAT)imposed on goods purchased by the Foreign Tourists from Sri Lanka will be implemented with effect from tomorrow (11) at the Departure Lounge of the Katunayake ,Bandaranaike International Airport according to the Ministry of Finance and Media.

To implement this a special Committee will be set up at the Katunayake Airport's Departure Lounge the Ministry has stated.

This system will be implemented in view of attracting more tourists to the country as well as to convert Sri Lanka a Trade Center hub in Asia the Ministry has stated .

A number of companies agrees to this system had been registered already at the Inland Revenue Department .

Repayment of Value Added Tax imposed on purchasing goods to foreigners is a proposal made through the 2018 Budget Proposals.

More Than 3000 Persons Are Being Committed Suicide In Sri Lanka Annually

Annually more than 3000 persons are

being committed suicide in Sri Lanka and majority of them are males according to the Ministry Of Health,Nutrition and Indeginous Medicine.

Accordingly the number of suicides reported from Sri Lanka has been rapidly increased during last year (2017) when compared to the statistics of suicides reported during last three years in the country Ministry has said.

During last year alone 2586 males and 677 females had committed suicide and majority of them around 19 percent had committed suicide as a result of family problems especially problems Related to Marriage it has been revealed.Another 11.9 percent had committed suicide due to prolonged illnesses and disability according to reports.

As the way Media is reporting on suicide cases lead some people to think Suicides will be a heroic effort Ministry of Health has decided to introduce a Guidelines on reporting Suicides to Media this Wednesday (12)in colombo under the patronage of Health Minister Dr.Rajitha Senaratne.

Seven Respondents Including Former Defense Secretary Gotabaya Rajapakshe Were Released On Strict Bail Conditions

The trubunal Judge Panel of the Special

High Court had today (10)released the seven respondents including former Defense Secretary Gotabaya Rajapakshe who were charged over misusing Rs.33.9 million state funds ,on strict bail conditions when the case against them taken up for hearing .

Accordingly the seven respondents were released on Two surety bails of Rs.1 million each and a cash bail of Rs.100,000 each when the case filed against them over misusing of State Funds when building the D.A Rajapakshe Memorial Museum during previous regime taken up for hearing.

Attorney General had filed indictments against the respondents .All respondents of the case including former Defense Secretary Gotabaya Rajapakshe As well as Joint Opposition MP's and Former President Mahinda Rajapakshe had arrived at the court this morning

The case is again scheduled to be heard on 09 th of October.

Sri Lanka Cricket CEO Had Complaint To FCID Over US Dollars 5.5 Million Financial Fraud Of It's Accounts Section

The Chief Executive Officer(CEO) of the

Sri Lanka Cricket Ashley De Silva has today (10)made a complaint to Police Financial Crimes Investigations Division (FCID)over a US Dollars 5.5 million fraud involved in head of the Accounts section of Sri Lanka Cricket.

The head of the Sri Lanka Cricket's Accounts Section had attempted to cred it US Dollars 5..5 million due to be received by Sri Lanka Cricket over selling telecasting rights to a Television Channel to cover the forthcoming England -Sri Lanka cricket series, to his personal account the complainant mentioned in his complaint to the FCID.

The Accused Accounts Officer had requested the Television Channel to credit US Dollars 5.5 million to credit his account not to the account of Sri Lanka Cricket it has been reported.The Channel had informed on this to the Cricket authorities and as per the instructions of Sports Minister Faizer Musthapha ,CROSS Ashley De Silva had complaint on the incident .

The Accounts section of the Sri Lanka Cricket had been sealed and the relevant Officer had been transferred to another unit it has been revealed.

Meanwhile the Cricket Authorities have decided to investigate on all financial deals involved in Accounts section of Sri Lanka Cricket during past one year.

SCIENCE BEHIND THE HEALING EFFECTS OF GINGER

https://health.news/2018-09-06-the-

science-behind-the-healing-effects-of-ginger.html

A Fire Erupted At A Housing Scheme In Colombo

Fire fighters attached to Colombo Fire

Services Department had managed to

control the spreading of a fire erupted at Crescat Housing Scheme in Colpetty this evening (10) it has been reported.

The fire had erupted at 12 th floor of the Building and no casualties had been reported due to the incident.

The cause of the fire has not yet been revealed.