COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (News Cutter) —The Cabinet granted greenlight to remove custom tariffs on electric and hybrid vehicle components for companies with a minimum investment of US$ 50 million with the Board of Investment.
This move aims to encourage the assembly of electric and hybrid vehicles, potentially leading to future exports.
The government…
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (News Cutter) —Extraordinary gazette issued on the directive of the President, declaring railway services as essential services
Vehicle registration fees are increased.
A Gazette notification issued by Bandula Gunawardena as Minister of Transport and Highways has been published, increasing the vehicle registration fees with effect from tomorrow, November 18.
The Gazette notification can be found below;
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Minister of Transport Bandula Gunawardane met with an unexpected backlash from passengers as he boarded a luxury bus to introduce the touch travel digital cards at the Makumbura Multimodal Center (MMC) on Friday, August 19.
Passengers claimed an elderly couple were removed from the bus by officials due to the visit by the Minister.…
The manager of the Multimodal Transport Center in Kottawa, Makumbura has been hospitalised after falling ill during a meeting between protesting private bus operators.
The Private bus operators initiated a demonstration in front of the facility on Friday (17) by blocking its entrances and demanding fuel.
During the meeting held between authorities and demonstrators,…