Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe told Parliament today that Indo-Lanka Economic and Technical Cooperation Agreement (ETCA) will be signed by the middle of this year.
He said a delegation from Indian will arrive in the country onMarch 04 after which the agreement will be finalized.
He said the final draft of the agreement will be presented to Parliament and views of everyone oblation before it is signed.
“You cannot check the horoscope of a child who is yet to be born. By introducing thee ETCA, we promise to give birth to a child with a “raja yogya “in his horoscope,” the Prime minister said.
Former President Mahinda Rajapaksa is due to vacate his official residence at Wijerama Mawatha, Colombo this morning, a Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) source said.
The Presidents’ Entitlements (Repeal) Bill was passed by a majority of 150 in parliament today. However the opposition MP’s were absent during the voting.
President Anura Kumara Dissanayake today warned that Ceylon Electricity Board Employees would have to make a choice in the next two months.
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