Colombo (News 1st): Today (March 16) is the 4th day of the debate on the third budget reading.

The expenditure heads of the Ministry of Buddha Sasana and Wayamba Development and the Ministry of Housing, Construction and Cultural Affairs will be taken up for debate today.

Before the start of the committee stage debate on the Budget, UPFA Parliamentarian Dullas Allahaperuma drew the attention of the speaker to the statement made by Ranjan Ramanayake, alleging that certain MPs use cocaine.

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