Finance Minister Mangala Samaraweera will present the Budget for 2018 to Parliament at 3 pm tomorrow.
It will be the first Budget to be presented by Minister Samaraweera and the 72nd budget of independent Sri Lanka.
The budget deficit for 2018 will be Rs 1.8 trillion, according to the Appropriation Bill for 2018 while government revenue is estimated at Rs. 2,175 billion and expenditure at Rs. 3,982 billion.
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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 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.
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.
Three persons arrested on Saturday close to the Thalawila St Anne’s Church have been held under detention orders for questioning.
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