A meeting took place this afternoon (21) at the Presidential Secretariat between President Ranil Wickremesinghe and the Members of Parliament representing the Tamil community from the North and East.
A few showers will occur in Northern, Eastern and North-central provinces and in Matale and Badulla districts.
President Ranil Wickremesinghe announced today that the district decentralized budget for this year amounts to Rs. 11,250 million, marking a significant allocation after a hiatus of three years. The funds are slated to be disbursed to all district secretaries during the initial week of January.
State Minister of Finance, Hon. Shehan Semasinghe, says that Rs. 8,793 million has been released to the banks for 1,410,064 beneficiary families.