Government imposed tax on gold when world prices down - Daya Gamage

Sunday, 23 June 2013

The imposition 10 percent tax on gold imports by the government despite world gold prices being low placed the people in difficulties as they have no means to buy gold even for their happiest moments in life, because their income avenues have been affected under this government, UNP National Organizer and Eastern Provincial Council member Daya Gamage said.

He said during the UNP regime people had enough and more opportunities and options to earn money in a legal way. With that money some purchased gold. Unfortunately, the gold they purchased during that time, they were compelled to pawn in banks and pawning centers to find money for day to day living, and they now find it difficult to redeem them due to financial crisis, he said.

Under these circumstances, young boys and girls have no income to buy their wedding ring due to the government’s bad economic policies. Apart from that the government has increased the marriage registration fee to Rs 5000; making everything miserable for poor youth in the country, Mr. Gamage said.

The wedding is the happiest moment of anybody, but this government has deprived the right to marriage by hammering unnecessary taxes on people to increase the government revenue to fulfill whims and fancies of Rajapaksa family regime.

The people will wisely and intelligently use their vote in future elections to outvote this corrupt government, he added

MCNS website still dysfunctional

SUNDAY, 23 JUNE 2013 

The Media Center for National Security (MCNS) website www.nationalsecurity.lk-still remains inaccessible although it has been more than five months since it came under a cyber-attack.
 

When about its restoration, MCNS Director Lakshman Hulugalle told Daily Mirror Online that they would “start the uplink when they want it”. However, he refused to reveal any information behind the delay or as to when the site was scheduled to become operational again.
 

“It is an administrative matter and doesn’t need to be explained to the media,” Mr. Hulugalle said.
 

The MCNS was established specifically for the dissemination of all national security and defense-related information to the Media and the people through a single, coordinated centre.
 

The MCNS website was allegedly hacked on January 14 by a person who goes by the twitter handle, "@ThisIsGame0ver". The hacker had defaced the main page (nationalsecurity.lk) and leaked a compromised database that contained sensitive information including the admin username, password, MySQL username and password. (Lakna Paranamanna)