President Mahinda Rajapaksa has been requested for an extra amount of Rs. 40 million for official overseas tours of Foreign Minister, Rohitha Bogollagama, a senior official of the Presidential Secretariat told ‘Lanka Dissent’.
Grants reserved for official overseas tours of the Foreign Minister under the Budget 2008 have been used up within a few months.
Despite receiving information that the FM has been staying in super luxury hotels during such tours, the President has given initial consent to provide the extra amount of Rs. 40 million, the source further says.
-LD
Grants reserved for official overseas tours of the Foreign Minister under the Budget 2008 have been used up within a few months.
Despite receiving information that the FM has been staying in super luxury hotels during such tours, the President has given initial consent to provide the extra amount of Rs. 40 million, the source further says.
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