July 21, Colombo (LNW): Sri Lanka’s Special Presidential Commission of Inquiry probing coal procurement has been told that emergency purchasing has remained the country’s principal method of importing coal for more than a decade, raising further questions over long-term procurement practices. Giving evidence before the Commission, Shashipraba Pathirage, Director of the Department of Public Finance at the Treasury, said emergency procurement had …
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