Sri Lanka, Dec. 13 -- The Secretary to the Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development, Dr. Harshana Suriyapperuma, says that the Treasury has so far disbursed more than Rs. 13 billion to provide relief to the people affected by the disaster situation.

"Our objective is to further strengthen the mechanism to share this information as early as possible as to what are the amount of funding that we are receiving," he said, issuing a special statement.

He detailed that all the financial aid received by the country at this moment is collected to the Treasury and through the Treasury the disbursement will be made. "Those disbursements will be channeled through the necessary institutional framework that we have and the engagement of...