Global support for Lanka's peace quest
President ends successful UN visit:
World leaders and key officials who met President
Mahinda Rajapaksa on the sidelines of the General Assembly in New
York have expressed their fullest support to his Government's quest
for peace and development.
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Govt encouraging LTTE to come to talks - Foreign Minister
Foreign Minister Rohitha Bogollagama yesterday
expressed the view that the LTTE would respond positively to
attempts being made to bring it to the negotiating table. "The
Government is ready for talks, has always been. We want the LTTE to
come to talks. We are hopeful they will do so," Minister Bogollagama
told the world's press at the United Nations.
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2008 Budgetary expenditure Rs 1,516 b
The Government estimates that the total
budgetary expenditure would be around Rs 1,516 billion for 2008,
acting Finance Minister Ranjith Siyambalapitiya said. He said out of
this, Rs. 725 billion would be allocated for recurrent expenditure
while a further Rs. 790 billion would be utilised as capital
expenditure.
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