Sri Lanka disburses over 15 mln USD for welfare program
COLOMBO, Aug. 28 (Xinhua) -- Sri Lanka disbursed 5 billion rupees (15.4 million U.S. dollars) to the banking system to be distributed among beneficiaries selected under the government's Aswesuma welfare program, a state minister said on Monday.
State Minister of Finance Shehan Semasinghe told the media that money will be transferred to the individual bank accounts of 800,000 beneficiaries selected out of 1.5 mil