Sri Lankan state-owned institutions have lost billions of rupees in the last year alone according to a report from the Committee on Public Enterprises (COPE).
COPE, a parliamentary run committee headed by Minister D E W Gunasekera, stated that the Ceylon Petroleum Corporation, National Paper Company and Sri Lanka Airlines generated a combined Rs.40.2 billion loss from May 7 to September 26, 2014, reported ColomboPage.
Meanwhile, Transport Minister Kumara Welgama told Parliament that Sri Lanka Railways had also suffered a loss of over Rs. 5 billion in the last year.
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Sri Lankan airlines, one of two airlines run by the government has been posting continuous losses for years, requiring government funding to stay afloat.
See our earlier posts:
Airline losses due to government entourage flights - UNP (13 June 2012)
Rajapaksa pilots Sri Lanka's airlines (03 May 2012)
Sri Lankan Airlines looks for external sources to stay afloat (03 December 2011)
Also see:
Rs. 95 billion loss and ‘a high quality service’ (03 January 2013)
Rs 100bn loss for Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (01 December 2012)