Billions of rupees down the drain

This newspaper’s page 1 story last week that President Maithripala Sirisena had submitted a Cabinet paper seeking approval for Rs. 4.4 billion to settle unpaid bills of the previous Government seems to have passed by as if a regular, everyday matter in the affairs of the Sri Lankan State. Yes, Rs. 4.4 billion (4,400,000,000). No [...]

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