Budget to be presented to House on Nov. 9

The Budget of 2018 will be presented to Parliament on November 9, Minister Of Finance Mangala Samaraweera informed Parliament yesterday (7).

The minister said he will have a discussion with the government parliamentary group today (8) and extended an open invitation to joint opposition MPs to join the discussion.

"MPs from the joint opposition are also welcome to join in the decision making process. " Let's all discuss and plan the budget," he told the joint opposition. (Yohan Perera and Ajith Siriwardana)