Sri Lanka, July 3 -- The tax on sweetened drinks which was removed by the '51 day government' will be re-imposed. The tax was originally imposed as a social health measure in response to calls by health and medical professionals and scientists for a cap on increasing sugar consumption by the population which has been linked to the dramatic rise in sugar related diseases like diabetes, kidney failure, cancers and heart disease. Health sector monitors have long complained of the increasing burden on the country's free healthcare system due to the massive expansion of sugared foods with even savoury foods on the market being boosted with sugar additives as flavour enhancers.A Health Ministry spokesman said the final decision on taxing highly...