Sri Lanka, April 4 -- The government must provide urgent relief to exporters on the backdrop of the reciprocal tariffs imposed by United States President Donald Trump, according to the Chairman of the Committee on Public Finance, Parliamentarian Harsha de Silva.

MP de Silva while acknowledging the complexities that could arise following the announcement urged the government to introduce urgent relief measures until the matter is resolved. He also urged the government to suspend next week's scheduled amendment of the Simplified Value Added Tax (SVAT) removal for exporters.

Despite being a key figure of the opposition, MP Harsha de Silva offered to help the incumbent government led by President Anura Kumara Dissanayake to help figure out ...