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Liquor bottles sans safety stickers seized!

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6 months ago

September 20, 2022

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The Excise Department sleuths have discovered a large number of liquor bottles being sold in the market without safety stickers on them.

Commissioner General of Excise M.J. Gunasiri has given instructions to conduct raids to seize liquor bottles without safety stickers following an allegation made by the Licensed Liquor Dealers Association in a letter to the President that the Commissioner General of Excise is causing Rs.400 million of a loss to the country on a daily basis.

Mr. Gunasiri has instructed the Deputy Excise Commissioner (Law) and the Excise Commissioner (Law Enforcement) to investigate the allegations made by the Licensed Liquor Dealers Association.

The Association accused that the liquor produced in the Kalutara factory of Distilleries Company of Sri Lanka PLC (DCSL), which is chaired by well-known businessman Harry Jayawardena, is being distributed without stickers in the Southern Province.

Accordingly, the investigators at the Excise Department have launched an investigation to find out whether the liquor bottles found without stickers belonged to DCSL.

The Licensed Liquor Dealers Association requested the President to remove the Excise Commissioner General as they accused him of depriving the country of Rs.400 million in excise revenue per day owing to corruption.

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Only 50 Dollars to go to India by passenger ferry!

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4 hours ago

March 27, 2023

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Sri Lanka will commence the operations of the passenger ferry service between Kankesanthurai and Pondicherry on April 29, the Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Aviation said.

It said a passenger terminal is currently being constructed at the Kankesanthurai Port to facilitate the ferry service by the Sri Lanka Navy.

Ferry owners have mentioned during a recent discussion that they will be charging 50 US Dollars per passenger for a one-way trip, while allowing a passenger to carry baggage weighing 100kg.

A ferry is expected to carry 150 passengers at a time and will take around 4 hours to travel from Karaikal Port in Pondicherry to Kankesanthurai.

Minister Nimal Siripala de Silva said that any businessman in India and Sri Lanka can join this passenger ferry service.

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Sathosa reduces prices of 10 items!

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3 days ago

March 24, 2023

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In order to provide relief to the people, Lanka Sathosa has reduced the prices of 10 essential items with effect from today (24).

The revised prices;

Dry Chillies 1kg – Rs: 1,380
Garlic 1kg – Rs: 450
Sprats 1kg – Rs: 1,100
Chickpea 1kg – Rs: 555
Samba Rice (Local) 1kg – Rs: 199
Canned Fish 425g – Rs: 520
Big Onion 1kg – Rs: 119
Potatoes (local) 1kg – Rs: 270
White sugar 1kg – Rs: 210
Watana 1kg – Rs: 298

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Sri Lankan rupee appreciates further

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4 days ago

March 23, 2023

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The Sri Lankan Rupee (LKR) further appreciated against the US Dollar (USD) today.

Announcing the official exchange rates, the Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) declared the buying rate as Rs. 311.26 per USD and the selling rate as 328.60 per USD.

Meanwhile, the Middle Rate of the USD/LKR SPOT exchange rate stood at Rs. 317.31 today.