Cabinet granted approval today (Dec 01) to submit the Annual Budget for 2019 before Parliament on March 05.
Accordingly, the Appropriation Bill comprising the government's stipulated expenditure for the present year will be submitted before cabinet next Monday.
During today's cabinet meeting, Finance Minister Mangala Samaraweera had proposed to submit the Bill by January 08 (Tuesday).
However, President Maithripala Sirisena had called for the Appropriation Bill to be presented on Monday since he would be completing his fourth anniversary as President on Tuesday.
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.
Deputy Minister of Finance and Economic Stabilization and NPP National List MP Harshana Suriyapperuma who is tipped to be named the next Finance Ministry Secretary resigned from Parliament today.
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