‘Aswesuma’ recipients were seen at state banks collecting their allowances after the government announced banks would be open today only for low-income beneficiaries.
State Minister of Finance, Shehan Semasinghe said Rs. 4.3 billion has been credited to bank accounts of 689,803 beneficiaries under the first phase.
He said Rs. 15 billion is earmarked to assist 1.5 million shortlisted beneficiary families.
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An exhibition badminton match between Sri Lanka’s youngest Olympian shuttler, Viren Nettasinghe, and Anders Antonsen, the World No.2 ranked in Men’s Singles, will take place at the Mercantile Badminton Association (MBA) Courts at Malalasekara Mawatha, Colombo 7 on Friday (13).
Sri Lanka shared its condolences with bereaved family members of the victims of the Air crash in India today.
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