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National Evaluation Policy to be implemented within the State Sector from 2024

The Department of Project Management and Supervision of the General Treasury has already inaugurated the initial work required to implement the national evaluation policy within the state sector from the year 2024.
It has been identified that there is a necessity to establish a permanent national evaluation committee so that independent decisions can be taken at different occasions within the evaluation process thereby annually submitting recommendations for evaluations performed to the Cabinet of Ministers and the Parliament as applicable. Accordingly,
Accordingly the Cabinet of Ministers approved the proposal furnished by the President in his office as the Minister of Finance, Economic Stabilization and National Policies to appoint a National Evaluation Monitoring Committee chaired by the Secretary to the Ministry of Finance, Economic Stabilization and National Policies and to take necessary actions to submit the Cabinet of Ministers with the information and recommendations on the particularly revealed at the evaluations of the said committee.
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Pope Francis’s funeral scheduled for 26 April

The Vatican has announced the Pope’s funeral will take place on Saturday, 26 April at 10:00 local time (09:00 BST).
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Gambling Sports Regularization Act to be gazetted

The Cabinet of Ministers granted approval to the proposal furnished by the President in his capacity as the Minister of Finance, Planning and Economic Development to publish the draft bill of Gambling Sports Regularization Act in the government gazette notification and subsequently submit the same to the Parliament for its concurrence.
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Cabinet approves CECB as consultant for renovation of the Karainagar boat yard project

The Cabinet of Ministers has approved the proposal presented by the Minister of Fisheries, Aquatic and Marine Resources to seek the services of the Central Engineering Consultancy Bureau as a consultant for the renovation of the Karainagar boat yard project and allocate 40 million rupees from the Treasury for the expenditure to be borne by the Government of Sri Lanka.
[A memorandum of understanding was signed by the President during his official visit to India in December 2024. , to obtain a grant from the Government of India for the renovation of the Karainagar Boat Yard
According to the MOU, the responsibility of providing the technical consultancy service for the project and exempting the goods and equipment related to the grant from taxes has been assigned to the government of Sri Lanka.]
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