Transport and Highways Minister Bandula Gunawardena today said that the outstanding bills for road construction projects will be paid before the Sinhala and Tamil New year.
Minister Gunawardena told Parliament that some of the members have already committed suicide due to the delay in paying the outstanding bills.
Minister Gunawardena said that there was no necessity for the persons to call over at the Ministry to collect the outstandings and the money will be directly sent to their accounts.
The Committee on High Posts has approved the nomination of Former Air Force Commander Air Chief Marshal (Retd.)
Former Chairman of SriLankan Airlines, Nishantha Wickramasinghe, arrested on allegation of corruption by the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) has been remanded until July 1 by the Colombo Magistrate court.
A Sri Lankan man was apprehended at Suvarnabhumi airport for attempting to smuggle wildlife out of the country after three ball pythons were found hidden in his underwear, the Bangkok post reported.
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