The Chairman of the Vehicle Importers Association of Sri Lanka (VIASL), Indika Sampath Merenchige, has highlighted that the main reason for the rise in the price of Japanese vehicles...MORE..
1 Feb 2025 (4:25 PM)
President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, in his capacity as the Minister of Finance, has issued an Extraordinary Gazette notification today (31), officially lifting the temporary suspension imposed on vehicle imports to Sri Lanka. MORE..
1 Feb 2025 (12:20 AM)
Two people have reportedly been killed, and at least 35 others have been injured following a collision between a private bus and a van on the Trincomalee-Habarana road today (01). MORE..
1 Feb 2025 (1:59 PM)
The Sri Lankan government has published Gazette Notification No. 2421'41, signed by President Anura Kumara Dissanayake in his capacity as the Minister of Finance, Planning, and Economic Development, specifying the new luxury tax rates on private motor vehicles imported into the country effective from today (February 1, 2025). MORE..
1 Feb 2025 (10:00 AM)
An Extraordinary Gazette Notification has been issued outlining the import duties applicable to electric vehicles based on their power capacity. MORE..
1 Feb 2025 (10:41 AM)
Palestinian militant group Hamas handed over three Israeli hostages on Saturday, and dozens of Palestinian prisoners and detainees were released in exchange, in the latest stage of a truce aimed at ending the 15-month war in Gaza. MORE..
1 Feb 2025 (8:24 PM)