A new directive issued June 30 says passengers from the six countries – Qatar, United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Oman, Bahrain and Kuwait – are permitted to arrive subject to mandatory hotel quarantine or travel through Sri Lanka Tourism’s “bio bubble route”.
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Patients – whether symptomatic or asymptomatic – will be selected for home treatment until they are referred to a hospital based on a number of factors, including their risk factors, their ability to stay at home, and the situation in the surrounding area, the ministry said Monday (28).
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Sri Lanka has been printing money after cutting taxes in December 2019 and earning a downgrade. Sri Lanka also expanded the state worker cadre and had given them new allowances, pushing up the salary bill.
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The widely watched Colombo Consumer Price Index rose 1.5 percent to 142.4 points in June. The food sub-index which is has traded commodities rose 3.9 percent during the month after rising 2.2 percent in April.
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President of the Public Services United Nurses Union Muruththettuwe Ananda Thero told reporters Wednesday (June 30) that the health ministry has failed to meet their demands even after 11 official meetings between the two parties.
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“Today the IMF Executive Board discussed a proposal for a new US$650 billion SDR allocation – the largest issuance in the IMF’s history aimed at helping its membership, especially the most vulnerable, overcome the COVID-19 crisis,” IMF spokesman Gerry Rice said after the June 25 meeting.
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The core group, comprising, Canada, Germany, North Macedonia, Malawi, Montenegro and the UK, has also called for the safety of former Criminal Investigation Department (CID) director Shani Abeysekera’s safety to be ensured. Abeysekara was released on bail on June 16, after the Court of Appeal slammed police for using “concocted stories” to incarcerate their own top detective.
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Deputy Director of Health Services Dr Hemantha Herath told reporters June 22 morning that the area will be isolated and close contacts of the patient will undergo PCR tests.
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The elected ruling class also get tax free SUVs and state workers get tax slashed cars while ordinary people pay taxes of close to 300 percent for some vehicles in a modern day feudal-overload-to-serf style taxation system.
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The United National Party (UNP) leader was referring to a resolution adopted by the European parliament June 10 calling for the repeal of Sri Lanka’s Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA) and inviting the European Union (EU) Commission to consider temporarily withdrawing Sri Lanka’s access to GSP+.
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