A total of Rs.2684 million has been transferred from the Treasury to all the District Secretariats for the month of July to be paid for kidney patients, differently-abled persons and low-income elders, State Minister of Finance Shehan Semasinghe said.
Accordingly, elders' allowance will be available to the beneficiaries from the post offices. In contrast, he said differently-abled and kidney patients allowance will be issued through Divisional Secretariats from August 25 (Friday) onwards.
Former President Mahinda Rajapaksa is due to vacate his official residence at Wijerama Mawatha, Colombo this morning, a Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) source said.
Sri Lanka’s largest renewable energy project, the ‘Rvidanavi’ Solar Power Park project was launched in Siyambalanduwa today by President Anura Kumara Dissanayake.
The Presidents’ Entitlements (Repeal) Bill was passed by a majority of 150 in parliament today. However the opposition MP’s were absent during the voting.
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