Srilanka

As envisioned in the Budget- 2019 proposals by Finance Minister Mangala Samaraweera, the Cabinet of Ministers have approved the payment of an interim monthly allowance of Rs.6000 to the families of missing persons. These persons also include the family members of the Armed Forces and the Police Missing In Action.

The Third Round of Senior Officials& Talks between Sri Lanka and Australia was held at the Foreign Affairs Ministry in Colombo on September 17.The Sri Lankan delegation was led by Additional Secretary, Bilateral Affairs (East) of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs P. Selvaraj, while the Australian Delegation was headed by First Assistant Secretary, South West Asia Division of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade of Australia Dr. Lachlan Strahan.

Sri Lankagross domestic product expanded 1.6% in the second quarter, of 2019 from a year earlier, in the wake of Easter Sunday attacks on April 21 2019. Releasing National Accounts Estimates for the second quarter of 2019, the Department of Census and Statistics (DCS) stated that the Gross Domestic Product for Sri Lanka for the second quarter of 2019 at current price and constant (20 I0) price have reached up to Rs.3,620,736 million and Rs.2,315,995 million respectively against the current and constant (2010) prices of Gross Domestic Product reported for the second quarter of 20 18 which was recorded as Rs.3,490,538 million and Rs.2,280,019 million respectively.

Chief Government Whip and Lands and Parliamentary Affairs Cabinet Minister Gayantha Karunathilake yesterday moved the condolence motion on the demise of Matara district parliamentarian Chandrasiri Gajadeera, in Parliament yesterday.