President Maithripala Sirisena scrutinized the budget proposals for 2016 at the Presidential Secretariat today. Senior government leaders attended this meeting where the draft budget proposals were discussed in detail with the President.
According to the President Media Unit, thePrime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe, Finance Minister Ravi Karunanayake, Minister of Development Strategies and International Trade, Malik Samarawickrama, Governor of the Central Bank Arjuna Mahendran, Secretary to the Ministry of Finance Dr. R.H.S. Samaratunga and other officers participated in this meeting. Minister of Finance Ravi Karunanayake will deliver the budget speech on November 20th in Parliament.
The United States has told Sri Lanka that the disposition of the Iranian naval vessel IRIS Bushehr and its crew is a matter for Colombo to resolve under its own laws and international obligations, while signalling it is in active talks with Sri Lanka to contain Iran’s threat to US interests.
The Editor, of Lankaenews website Sandaruwan Senadheera was arrested at the Bandaranaike International Airport while returning from UK.
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