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⭕️ Revised 20-year flat rate for rooftop solar: - Up to 500kW: Rs 27.06/kWh (old rate: Rs 37.00) - Over 500kW: Rs 23.18/kWh (old rate: Rs 34.50) ⭕️ New feed-in tariffs: - Solar: Rs 25.48/kWh -...
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eligible for two such permits during their careers. Given their high-level positions, the nature of their jobs, and corresponding salary grades, providing transportation is considered a professional necessity. It is a bargain for the government to provide these permits instead...
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India's recent ICC finals record: ⭕ 2014: Lost ICC World T20 Final to 🇱🇰 by 6 wickets ⭕ 2017: Lost ICC Champions Trophy Final to 🇵🇰 by 180 runs ⭕ 2021: Lost ICC World Test Championship Final to 🇳🇿 by 8 wickets ⭕ 2023: Lost ICC World Test Championship Final to 🇦🇺 by 209 runs ⭕ 2023: Lost ICC Cricket World Cup Final to 🇦🇺 by 6 wickets ✅ 2024: Wins ICC T20 World Cup Final by 7 runs against 🇿🇦...
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Windforce: 4.88 Vidullanka: 4.98 Lakdhanavi: 5.90 ⭕ 484MW Adani no-tender deal: 8.26¢/kWh (69% higher) ⭕ Est. 20yr loss: $1.14B (100x bond scam) Scrap the corrupt deal and let the CEB call for a competitive tender. Transparency saves billions!
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⭕️ If the imputed rental income tax is implemented in its currently discussed form, it would not be a property tax or wealth tax; it would be a Diaspora tax.
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a Diaspora tax. Term "diaspora" refers to a large group of people from the same homeland who have since moved to places all over the world.
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in the highly valued residential areas in Jaffna, making it a political/electroal nightmare for implementation of this tax.
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Ancestral homes often have family ownership disputes. Collecting taxes from overseas Sri Lankans would naturally pose quite a challenge.
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portion is ancestral homes of urbanized people. The vast majority are owned by an estimated 3.8 million Sri Lankans now living overseas.
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per year/unit (~ Rs. 10K per month). However, a brief look into the ownership of these houses shows this target is not even remotely possible.
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10%. If the percentage remained unchanged, Sri Lanka now has around 0.8 million unoccupied housing units.
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housing units, will be exempt from this tax. This means the gov can now collect this tax only from the owners of vacant properties.
Following the government's decision to lower fuel prices effective July 1st: ⭕ Auto Diesel: Rs. 317, down 31% from June 2022 high of Rs. 460 ⭕ Petrol 92: Rs. 344, down 27% from June 2022 high of Rs...
Range Rover previously used by @GotabayaR. ⭕️ The CID has...
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⭕ Last night's presidential debate between Joe Biden and Donald Trump for the 2024 US 🇺🇸Presidential election highlighted the importance of debates in presidential elections. ⭕ The debate...
⭕ Yesterday, the CEB published the bids received for the 50MW wind power plant in Mannar, which they have called for competitive bids on a 20-year Build, Own, and Operate (BOO) basis. Bids recieved...
Sri Lanka 🇱🇰 has reached a deal with its bilateral creditors(Japan 🇯🇵, India 🇮🇳, France 🇫🇷 +) to restructure $5.8 billion of debt. The agreement was finalized with the Official Creditor...
rupees. ⭕ There are 27 cashiers assigned to this interchange...
Election Commissioner General Saman Sri Ratnayake revealed: ⭕ In a 2023 survey, 80% of 250 Sri Lankan university students surveyed sought parents' advice on voting. ⭕ He pointed out this contrasts...
Adani Green Energy SL Ltd. Here's why: ⭕ CEB failed to...
has recently handed over the area where the mainland connects...
Mannar Island (Sri Lanka 🇱🇰). interactive view: https://t...
