Sri Lanka, Aug. 21 -- The Budget Estimate of the National Audit Office for the year 2026 was taken up for consideration at the Committee on Public Finance(CoPF) held on Tuesday (19) and was approved to be presented to Parliament with the Committee's proposals, the Department of Communication of Parliament said.

This consideration was carried out in terms of Section 34 of the Audit Act No. 19 of 2018.

Given that the Member of Parliament Dr. Harsha de Silva, Chair of the Committee on Public Finance, was overseas, the said Committee met under the chairmanship of the Member of Parliament Rauff Hakeem, Attorney at Law, who was appointed as the Acting Chair of the Committee, the statement added.

A group of officials representing the National...