Cabinet approval has been granted to put forward a vote-on budget amounting to Rs 1735 billion before Parliament in due course.
The proposal which would cater to the financial expenditure for the first quarter of 2019, was passed during yesterday's cabinet meeting when it was put forward by Mahinda Rajapaksa in his capacity as Finance Minister.
Accordingly the budget allocations comprise a sum of Rs 760 million for the sustainance of the Government Public Service, Rs 970 billion for the expenditures previously authorised by different laws and Rs 5 billion for the Government Advance Account.
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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