Sri Lanka to extend welfare benefit program
COLOMBO, Jan. 10 (Xinhua) -- The Sri Lankan government will increase a welfare benefit program to cover 2.4 million families because of the difficult economic situation in the country, the Ministry of Finance, Economic Stabilization and National Policies said in a statement on Wednesday.
According to the ministry, the program was launched to provide relief to 2 million families, and currently 1.4 million familie
