President’s COVID-19 Fund reaches Rs. 380 m

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Dullas donates salary as Cabinet Minister
Minister Gamini Lokuge donates Rs. 10 ma
Other donors include National Lotteries Board, NSB, Land Reforms Commission
Rs. 10 m from Maliban Biscuits,
Rs. 5 m from Nature’s Beauty Creations

Contributions amounting to Rs. 66 million were made to the COVID-19 Healthcare and Social Security Fund within the last two days, bringing the total to Rs. 380 million, the President’s Media Division (PMD) said yesterday.

Minister Dullas Alahapperuma donated his Cabinet Minister’s salary for the month of April and Minister Gamini Lokuge donated Rs. 10 million. These donations were received by President Gotabaya Rajapaksa yesterday.

The balance of the fund had risen with the contributions of Rs. 25 million by the National Lotteries Board, Rs. 2.5 million each by National Savings Bank and the Engineers’ Association of Ceylon Electricity Board, Rs. 2 million by the Land Reforms Commission, Rs. 10 million by Maliban Biscuit Manufactories Ltd., Rs. 1 million by Matara Bodhi Arakshaka Sabhawa and Rs. 5 million by Nature’s Beauty Creations.

All the donations will be credited to the special account opened under the number 85737373 at the Corporate Branch of the Bank of Ceylon. Local as well as foreign donors have made their contributions to the Fund.

Donations to the COVID-19 Healthcare and Social Security Fund have been exempted from taxes and foreign exchange regulations. Deposits can be made through cheques or telegraphic transfers.

Further details can be obtained from Presidential Secretariat Director General (Administration) K.B. Egodawele through the telephone number 0112354354