LatestIn today's News SL vs Pak: Sri Lanka clinch Test series in UAEThe Appropriation Bill was presented in Parliament for the first reading today by the State Minister for Finance Eran Wickramaratne. The Higher Education and Highways Ministry is to be allocated Rs 182 billion and the Health Ministry is to be allocated Rs 178 billion. According to the proposal the bill records an allocation of Rs.260,711,375,000 as recurrent expenditure for the Ministry of Defence and a capital expenditure of Rs. The Finance Ministry estimates a total expenditure of Rs. The Finance Minister Mangala Samaraweera will present the 2018 Budget during the second reading of the Appropriation Bill onNovember 9.

Source: Sunday Times October 10, 2017 09:56 UTC