The second Budget of the National Unit Government as passed with a two third majority in Parliament this evening with 162 MPs voting or and 55 against it.
The Tamil national Alliance (TNA) voted in support of the Budget along with MPs Arumugam Thondaman and Douglas Devananda.
Members of the Joint Opposition group and JVP MPs voted against it.
Former President Mahinda Rajapaksa was among the seven MPs who were absent at the time of voting.
A Sri Lanka Air Force Bell 212 helicopter belonging to the No. 72 squadron has crashed into the Madhuru Oya reservoir this morning, Air FOrce Media Spokesman Eranda Geeganage said.
Update: Five of the twelve passengers on board the bell 212 aircraft that crashed into the Maduru Oya today, have succumbed to their injuries, the SLAF said.
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