The Cabinet has granted approval to table an interim budget before Parliament in order to manage the expenses of the government for the first three months of 2019.
The approval was granted following a proposal submitted by Mahinda Rajapaksa in his capacity as the Minister of Finance at the Cabinet meeting which was presided by President Maithripala Sirisena today (Nov 21).
Accordingly, the interim budget is expected to be put forward before Parliament in the near future.
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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