The Government today submitted a supplementary estimate to Parliament yesterday amounting to Rs. 134 million to pay Rs 100,000 per month per MP to maintain an office.
Each MP is entitled for an allowance of Rs 100,000 to maintain an office this amounts to Rs 22,500,000 for all 25 MPs.
The yesterday’s allocation is intended to reimburse the payments already made. The allowance is paid in accordance with a Cabinet decision made on Dec 07, 2016.
The supplementary allocation was submitted by Leader of the House, Highways and Higher Education Minister Lakshman Kiriella.
The estimate submitted by the minister also seeks the approval for a sum of Rs 98 million (98,938,310) to cover the expenses of purchasing a vehicle for the Minister overseeing the Department of Project Management and Monitoring of National Policies and Economic Affairs, to renovate the houses of Minister of Public Enterprise Development and the Leader of the Opposition.
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Public Security Minister Ananda Wijepala told Parliament today that the suspect in the rape of a lady doctor at the Anuradhapura teaching hospital has been identified as an army deserter and he will be apprehended shortly.
Police have arrested the suspect connected to the sexual assault on a female doctor at the Anuradhapura Teaching Hospital today morning in Galnewa.
The Dutch Public Prosecutor suspects two companies of paying bribes in the construction of hospitals in Sri Lanka, according to an investigation by FD, the Dutch financial newspaper.
The Minister of Power, Kumara Jayakody, stated that in the future, internationally funded projects, such as power projects, will only be carried out through government-to-government (G2G) agreements and competitive procurement.
The Government today tabled in the House the Report of the Commission to Inquiry into the Establishment and Maintenance of Unlawful Places of Detention and Torture Chambers in the Batalanda Housing Scheme.
Israel, a major player in the global diamond and jewellery trade, has invited Sri Lankan gem and jewellery businessmen and designers to collaborate with Israeli diamond traders.
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