Back To The Wheel
The government has scrapped reform plans for utilities like electricity, petroleum and water.rnA donor funded government agency Public Interest Program Unit …
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Dead End?
Sri Lankas public utilities need regulating, the regulatory body is manned, trained and ready to go but has nothing to regulate.The Public Utilities Commission …
Bond Worrys
Sri Lankas commercial banks are in for a rough ride this year with the bond markets falling on top of increased taxes.The banking sectors 2004 first quarter …
Land Lock
Expats buying land here will be charged a 100% tax, with a committee appointed to recommend action for new land sales and real-estate already sold. The …
Warning Bells
The Securities watchdog on Wednesday threatened legal action against members firms who promote pyramid schemes as potential investments.The watchdog says it …
Pyramid Warning
The Central Bank on Thursday warned public against gambling on get-rich- quick referral schemes that promise unusually high returns. The Central Bank on …
Cleaner Alternatives
Natural gas, a fossil fuel sold on its environmental friendliness, is available in large quantities and burns cleanly. Its problem is often its distance from …
Pyramid Promise
Finance Ministry says it will try to expedite anti-pyramiding legislation drafted by the Central Bank, through parliament. buy lexapro online …
New Probe
Customs is investigating how GoldQuest Tracking Centre Owners (TCOs), who popularise the scheme, paid only Rs. 3,000 in taxes and duty for the Rs. online …
Red Alert
Sri Lankas police and customs have been ordered to seize Buddha Bar music and bikinis with Buddha images, officials said Thursday.rnState Attorney Nihal …
Model Pyramid
Sri Lankans who get into pyramid schemes simply because they are lquote not illegal would find themselves in a legal vacuum with no help from the system, a top …
Illiterate Cop
Sri Lankas Supreme Court is to investigate a complaint from a man of the tiny indigenous community that police violated his rights by stopping him from using …
Flash Dance
A Sri Lankan convict who joined his prisons dance troupe escaped when his jailers took him to perform at a Buddhist temple, an official said Friday.The …
Dressing Down
A restaurant in Sri Lanka which served a vegetable roll with a cotton dressing for a wound was fined Rs. 5,000 and warned to improve its hygiene, a press …
Tea Shop
In search of new growth for its stunted tea export industry, India is cultivating plans to set up an auction centre in Dubai. online pharmacy buy spiriva …
Comeback
A draft Companies Act, thrown out by the former Government will be brought back to replace the 1980s piece of legislation governing businesses in Sri …
Easy Game
Prasanna has just gotten himself registered with a lquote get rich quick scheme. He had to pay Rs. 3,000 to a company claiming to operate the world famous …
Gold Probe
Several persons who joined the referral marketing plan of the GoldQuest numismatics company, have been reportedly quizzed by the Central Bank for possible …
No Pity for Prima
Treasury officials and monopoly flour distributor Prima were in talks to obtain a promised government subsidy while regulatory pressure was put on the company …
Return of the Pharaohs
Central Bank has drafted new laws to combat pyramid schemes that are mushrooming around the country.Pyramid schemes use the same structure as multi-level …