Pieter Keuneman’s 105th birth anniversary today Source:Dailynews The 105th birth anniversary of former Minister of Housing and Local Governemnt Pieter Keuneman will be held today at his statue opposite the Elphinstone Theatre, Colombo 10. Pieter Gerald Bartholomeusz Keuneman who was born on October 3, 1917 is one of the founding members of the Sri Lanka Communist Party who represented Central Colombo electorate in Parliament from 1947-1977.Colombo Mayor Rosy Senanayake will garland the statue. Education Minister Susil Premajayantha, former Minister DEW Gunasekera, former Colombo Mayor A.H.M. Fowzie, Deputy Mayor Mohammed Iqbal and senior Communist Party of Sri Lanka officials will participate. ...

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Sri Lanka News September 06th September 2022 – 09th September 2022 brought to you by eLanka (1) The introduction of the Social Security Contribution Tax Bill to Parliament has been postponed until next Thursday. The reason was the opposition raised for it. Mr. Anura Kumara Dissanayake, who commented on this, said that although the VAT is 15%, the price of general goods and services through this social security tax increases by almost 20% when VAT is added, and no action has been taken by anyone who created this crisis. The central bank’s entire reserves were emptied. Has any decision been taken regarding Cabral or the Finance Minister? In January 2020, nearly Rs 654 billion was prevented from reaching the treasury. Have decisions been made about them? Due to the delay of the fuel ship, the petroleum corporation has to pay a lot of money to the company. Fertilizer ships have ...

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Cabinet reshuffle : Several Ministers changed Source:Dailynews Minister of Industries Wimal Weerawansa and Minister of Energy Udaya Gammanpila were today removed from their Ministerial Portfolios in accordance with the powers vested in President Gotabaya Rajapaksa under Article 47 (II) (b) of the Constitution of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka. Following the removal of Ministers Wimal Weerawansa and Udaya Gammanpila from their ministerial portfolios, several ministries were reshuffled. ...

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