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Wednesday 30 November 2011

Sri Lankan government imposes austerity budget

Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapakse, who is also the country’s finance minister, presented the budget for next year to parliament on November 21. Following the dictates of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), he has maintained the current wage freeze and imposed new burdens on workers and the rural poor, while making further tax concessions to big business. Read more>>>

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