OMLANKA
Finance and Mass Media Minister Mangala Samaraweera has observed over the years there has emerged a fallacy that the value of the currency is a bellwether of the strength of the economy. Value of the Rupee is determined by the foreign exchange market, where value is determined by supply & demand.
Hill Country, New Villages, Infrastructure and Community Development Minister Palani Digambaran has observed that the new villages in the hill country would replace the existing shanties in estates with new houses and improve the basic infrastructure facilities within them.
JVP Parliamentarian Bimal Rathnayake has denied the claim that the UK Parliamentarian Ian Paisley's two luxury holidays to Sri Lanka in 2013, for which the Sri Lankan Government spent Rs 13 million, are for the island's image building. He stated that it was connected to a business deal of former Parliamentarian.
President Maithripala Sirisena has hailed Dr. Pundith W.D. Amaradeva as an artiste who was not only a veteran musician, but also a legend imbibed with humanism.
Sri Lanka Muslim Congress Leader City Planning and Water Supply Minister Rauff Hakeem has called for the formation of multi member constituencies to reflect diversity and to alleviate discrimination.
