A curse of people in Sri Lanka




No Foreign Minister ever had it so good:Rs. 5 million spent on last trip ; family too in current UN assembly tour


(September 22, Colombo, Sri Lanka Guardian) The recent official tour of Sri Lanka’s Foreign Minister Bogollagama to Brazil which included a frolicsome beach vacation in Rio de Janeiro cost an estimated Rs. five million of people’s funds. Now, he is to join in the delegation to the UN General assembly beginning on Tuesday (23Sep).

Though Bogollagama’s daughter and son in law are not in the official delegation, they too are occupying rooms at the Ritz Carlton Hotel which has a room charge of over US$ 400.00 per day.

The Minister’s public relations officer and his private secretary who were to have separate rooms have been made to give up one room to accommodate Minister’s kith and kin which in Minister’s conception of duty takes precedence over official arrangements and tasks.
- Sri Lanka Guardian