The Resolution on the Domestic Debt Optimization was approved by the Committee on Public Finance by a majority at the Committee meeting held today (30).
Extensive Domestic Debt Optimization discussions were held for the second consecutive day today at the Committee on Public Finance Chaired by Dr. Harsha de Silva.
Discussions were held yesterday (29), separately with Dr. Nandalal Weerasinghe, Governor of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL), K. M Mahinda Siriwardana, Secretary to the Treasury and high officials representing the Ministry of Finance, Economic Stabilization and National Policies during the first half of the meeting. Discussions were held with creditors, including banks, superannuation funds, insurance funds to obtain perspectives during the second half of the meeting, Parliament's Communications Department stated.
Post the extensive discussions held, the Committee approved the Resolution by a majority subject to certain amendments made at the Committee meeting held.
State Minister of Finance, Shehan Semasinghe, Sajith Premadasa, Leader of the Opposition, Committee Members and Members of Parliament were present at the Committee meeting.
The number of Buddhist monks who were killed following the accident at the Na Uyana Theravada Buddhist Monastery (Na Uyana Aranya Senansenaya) in Pansiyagama, Melsiripura, Kurunegala currently stands at nine , with four injured, Minister of Buddhasasana, Religious and Cultural Affairs Prof. Hiniduma Sunil Senevi told Parliament this morning. He revealed that two of the injured Buddhist monks are being treated at the Intensive Care Unit (ICU
Several shops were damaged in a major fire that broke out in a shop on the third floor of a building at First Cross Street in Pettah, Colombo, today evening.
President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, addressing the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly, said that both inequality and poverty ought to be regarded as a worldwide catastrophe that requires urgent attention.
The opposition has renewed its demand for a long delayed forensic audit into the controversial e-visa deal, following the sentencing of former Controller General of Immigration, Harsha Ilukpitiya, for contempt of court.
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