The Public Financial Management and Economic Transformation Bills were passed in Parliament today (25) with amendments and without a vote.
Amendments were added to the bills during the committee stage, and the third reading was then approved without a vote.
The government asserts that the two key bills are intended to strengthen the nation's economy.
According to State Minister of Finance Shehan Semasinghe, the “Economic Transformation Bill” and the “Public Financial Management Bill” are crafted to improve public financial management and protect against future economic downturns.
My memory takes me back to 1979, to a moment etched in time when a strikingly tall and impeccably dressed military officer, a Master in charge of Cadeting at Prince of Wales College commanding a guard of honour presented to President J.R. Jayawardene by the cadets of 3CCC, consisted of Ananda, Nalanda and Prince of Wales Cadet platoons at the Prince of Wales College grounds.
An American national, who had been staying in Sri Lanka for nearly ten months without a valid visa while using a Sinhala name under his American passport, was arrested by the Tourist Police of the Kandy.
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The only orangutan held at the Dehiwala National Zoological gardens had passed away yesterday.
The Secretary of the Bodu Bala Sena Organisation Ven Galagodaatte Ganasara Thera was today imprisoned for the third time.
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