President Ranil Wickremesinghe openin the budget presentation said that Sri Lanka was now reachting to satisfactory situation with expecttions that the economy will be stabilised by the next year..
The Cabinet today morning approved the budget.
UNP MP Wajira Abeywardena speaking ahead of the budget said that budget was being presented at a time when the country has been declared bankrupt.
He said he was confident that the budget would help to raise the country from the existing situation after experiencing severe fuel, gas and other shortages.
Mr Abeywardena said that the President was making all efforts to address the economic crisis and has called all parties to rally round to support the government is achieving the task.
Reacting reports of some of the opposition Mps planning to join the government, he said, however they do not hope to weaken the opposition by the process.
Public Security Minister Ananda Wijepala told Parliament today that the suspect in the rape of a lady doctor at the Anuradhapura teaching hospital has been identified as an army deserter and he will be apprehended shortly.
Police have arrested the suspect connected to the sexual assault on a female doctor at the Anuradhapura Teaching Hospital today morning in Galnewa.
The Dutch Public Prosecutor suspects two companies of paying bribes in the construction of hospitals in Sri Lanka, according to an investigation by FD, the Dutch financial newspaper.
The Minister of Power, Kumara Jayakody, stated that in the future, internationally funded projects, such as power projects, will only be carried out through government-to-government (G2G) agreements and competitive procurement.
The Government today tabled in the House the Report of the Commission to Inquiry into the Establishment and Maintenance of Unlawful Places of Detention and Torture Chambers in the Batalanda Housing Scheme.
Israel, a major player in the global diamond and jewellery trade, has invited Sri Lankan gem and jewellery businessmen and designers to collaborate with Israeli diamond traders.
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