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Finance Minister Mangala Samaraweera being accompanied by Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe leaving a tea party that followed the presentation of what was described as a designer budget for a Green and enterprising Sri Lanka. In the inset picture, Petroleum Minister Arjuna Ranatunga does not seem to be impressed or enterprising apparently in view of the fire he faced over the fuel crisis.
Pix by Amila Gamage and Indika Handuwala

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