Greetings ahead of the Budget!

In the next few weeks there will be more than symbolic greetings between these two as President Mahinda Rajapaksa who is also the Finance Minister is being welcomed by Treasury Secretary Dr. P.B. Jayasundera (left) when the former walked into the Southern Province Development Progress Review meeting held at the Weligama Urban Council Auditorium over the weekend.

The Government is busy preparing for what is described as a landmark Budget 2011 to be presented on 22 November - Pic Chandana Perera