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President Mahinda Rajapaksa, as Minister of Finance and Planning, will on Friday present his Government’s Budget for 2015, to Parliament.
The Second Reading of the Budget will commence on October 25 and continue till November 1.The vote on the Second Reading will be taken on the evening of November 1.
The Third Reading will commence on November 3 and continue till November 24.

No presidential punch at Pallai

Pope’s visit in the balance: Cardinal writes to President

Tit-for-tat: Govt. officials boycott NPC programme

Top FAO official, hundreds of others turned away at Omanthai

China gets controlling stake at Hambantota port

2014 voter list expedited for early poll

Port projects are open for any country: SLPA Chairman

EAM invites Lanka’s envoy for non-event

Beijing’s nuclear subs coming again, India concerned

Rice millers in hot water

Probe on fax promising duty-free three-wheelers to varsity employees

Lanka’s feat on malaria elimination hailed

Northern fishermen call for stronger action against Indian poachers

SL Atomic Energy Board to oversee peaceful applications of nuclear energy

Two motor cyclists die in road mishaps

Wrong room number has 5-star hotel guest remanded, employee hospitalised

Doctor and two others killed in road accident

Woman leader, 3-man gang of vehicle thieves arrested

BASL concerned over next AG as present incumbent’s retirement approaches

SL, Maldives forging ahead to further strengthen 50-year relationship

18A boomerangs on MR’s attempt at 3rd term in office

Ebola: Don’t panic but be ready

Home visits halted for African students

PHI’s wife (28) of 2 months dies of dengue

Yala re-opens for 6 hours daily following some rains

Lawyers debate Rajapaksa’s third term

Only our smaller craft caught for breaking rules: Fisheries Minister

EU red card on local fishing has Govt. reeling in frantically

Chinese tourist arrivals to Sri Lanka surge

Traffic snarls and commuter growls worsen as transport system overloads

Mental illness on the rise worldwide: psychiatrist

Yal Devi to bring back the glory of northern lines, says Station Master

Rape of British woman: DNA test on guesthouse worker

Missing Lankan seafarers’ next-of-kin receive limited compensation

Unpaid Lankan worker allegedly beaten to death by drunken employer in Malaysia

Look who’s breaking road rules

Between a rock and a hard place: forest paradise vs quarry jobs

Satyagraha attackers still at large while students go on own rampage

CIRP hosts ICAP to promote SL as Psychology Hub of Asia

New ICT lab for Batticaloa Technical College with Korean aid

MR, BG, Indian HC jointly open Indian aided Language Lab

Learning lessons from fraud and scam the hard way

Kandy Good Shepherd Convent OGA AGM

Zahira College OBA Centenary celebration honours ‘Legends of Zahira’

‘Familian Tranquillo 2014’, Dehiwala HFC’s fundraiser for more classrooms

Govt. on overdrive to resolve Education sector anomalies by year end

NCE students to be awarded Degrees instead of Diplomas: BG

MR hands over new Mahindodaya Tech Lab to Kuliyapitiya Vidyalaya

SB settles undergrad’s strike at Trinco campus

Govt. woos Private Sector to introduce quality Higher Education in SL: SB