{"id":27979,"date":"2024-12-12T11:16:04","date_gmt":"2024-12-12T05:46:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lankatruth.com\/en\/?p=27979"},"modified":"2024-12-12T11:16:05","modified_gmt":"2024-12-12T05:46:05","slug":"president-chairs-discussion-on-expenditure-head-for-ministry-of-transport-highways-ports-and-civil-aviation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lankatruth.com\/en\/?p=27979","title":{"rendered":"President Chairs Discussion on Expenditure Head for Ministry of Transport, Highways, Ports, and Civil Aviation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Preliminary ministerial-level discussions for drafting the 2025 budget began today (11) at the Presidential Secretariat under the patronage of President Anura Kumara Dissanayake.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The meeting focused on discussing budget proposals related to the expenditure head of the Ministry of Transport, Highways, Ports and Civil Aviation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Minister of Transport, Highways, Ports, and Civil Aviation BimalRathnayake, Deputy Minister of Transport and Highways Dr. PrasannaGunasena, Deputy Minister of Ports and Civil Aviation JanithaRuwanKodithuwakku, Secretary to the President Dr. NandikaSanathKumanayake, Secretary to the Ministry of Finance K. 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