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Harsha stresses need for more skilled staff to manage national debt as Public Finance Committee raises alarm over loan
Sunday Island
|October 05, 2025
The Committee on Public Finance has raised concerns over loan arrangements for the Kadawatha-Meerigama stretch of the Central Expressway, questioning the terms of a proposed USD 500 million facility from China's EXIM Bank.
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CODE Chairman presiding the last Tuesday CODE meeting in the Parliament yesterday
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