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What happened to $2.5 million of Sri Lankan peoples’ money?
Opposition MP Harsha de Silva has raised serious concerns over the alleged disappearance of USD 2.5 million in public funds,
Summary
He said concerns had previously been raised at the Committee on Public Finance (CoPF) when sovereign debt operations were shifted from the Central Bank of Sri Lanka to the Treasury's Public Debt Management Office (PDMO). He alleged those warnings were ignored and questioned whether Sri Lanka had technically defaulted, claiming that the creditor country was alleged to have not received five debt payments.
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People
- Jagath Wickramaratne
- Maithri Gunaratne
- Nalinda Jayatissa
- Sajith Premadasa
- Harsha De Silva
- Rajapaksa
- De Silva
Organisations
- Central Bank of Sri Lanka3
- Parliament of Sri Lanka3
- Ministry of Finance3
- Treasury3
- Technical Investigation Committee
- Department of Foreign Resources
- External Resources Department
- Public Debt Management Office
Places
- Sri Lanka2
Keywords
- opposition2
- million2
- probe2
- disappearance
- diversion
- diverted
- happened
- alleged
- demands
- hackers
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