Govt. to charge Rs.3 from tea exports!

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2 years ago

August 10, 2023

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The government has decided to charge a license fee of Rs.3 for exporting a kilogram of tea.

Issuing a gazette, the Sri Lanka Tea Board said that this license fee must be paid at the time the Tea Commissioner approves the Customs Export Declaration.

This license fee has been imposed as per the Tea Export Tax and Control Orders of 2023 and every registered tea exporter has to pay the fee.

The Sri Lanka Tea Board said if the export order cannot be executed, the exporters will have the opportunity to recover the license fee.

This license fee should be credited to the capital fund established under the Tea Board Act.

Mahindananda files anticipatory bail petition over bribery case

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2 hours ago

May 14, 2025

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Former Minister Mahindananda Aluthgamage has filed a petition before the Colombo Magistrate’s Court today (May 14), seeking anticipatory bail against his possible arrest by the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC).

The application has been filed over his possible arrest over the importation of a shipment of substandard organic fertilizer during the tenure of the previous government.

Following the submission of the petition, Colombo Chief Magistrate Thanuja Lakmali issued a notice to the Bribery Commission, directing it to present its position regarding the matter to the court on May 19.

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Youth Affairs Ministry denies links to NYSCO courses

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2 hours ago

May 14, 2025

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The Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports has issued an official statement over the ministry’s name being used by courses and programmes of the National Youth Services Cooperative (NYSCO).

The ministry states that NYSCO has been unauthorizedly using its name and the official state emblem to promote their courses and while using them in the relevant certificates as well.

The ministry says that they have also appointed a separate committee to investigate the issue, on the directives of the COPE committee.

The Ministry of Sports and Youth Affairs further reiterated that it is not affiliated with any of the courses or programmes offered by NYSCO.

The full statement issued in this regard, is as follows :

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Divisional Secretariats to disburse financial assistance for Kotmale bus accident victims

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3 hours ago

May 14, 2025

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On the instructions of President Anura Kumara Disanayake, the funds allocated from the President’s Fund for those who lost their lives in the recent bus accident in the Garandi Ella area, Kotmale have now been forwarded to the relevant Divisional Secretariats.

Accordingly, a sum of Rs. 1 million will be provided for each individual who lost their life in the accident, and the funds will be handed over to their respective family members.

These funds have been released to the Divisional Secretariats of the following areas -Tissamaharama, Lunugamvehera, Welimada, Haldummulla, Ella, Kundasale, Bamunakotuwa, Paduwasnuwara West, Polpithigama, Wanathawilluwa, Chilaw, Buttala, Thanamalwila, Wellawaya, Kanthale and Rambewa where the 22 individuals who lost their lives in the accident were residents.

(President’s Media Division)