The Port and Aviation Levy (PAL) on solar panel static converters/inverters has been lifted, State Minister of Finance Ranjith Siyambalapitiya said.
He said this comes into effect starting from January 01 this year. Previously a 10 percent levy was imposed on the above products.
He said the move was to encourage renewable energy sources. The removal of the levy has been gazetted (2312/67) and signed by President Ranil Wickremesinghe.
The UK government has unveiled a package of reforms to simplify imports from developing countries which allows for more garments manufactured in Sri Lanka to enter the UK tariff-free.
A Thai woman walking topless in Arugam Bay town has been arrested by the Police.
Read these and more on tomorrow’s edition of the Sunday Times
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