The government has decided to put forth supplementary estimates on behalf of two ministries of which the expenditure heads were defeated recently.
This decision was made during yesterday's cabinet meeting when Minister Mangala Samaraweera had sought approval to do so in Parliament today.
A supplementary estimate of Rs 287 billion will be put forward for the Ministry of Home & Internal Affairs, Local Governments and Provincial Councils and the Ministry of Megapolis and Western Development.
The Expenditure Heads of both ministries were defeated in Parliament on March 28.
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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