Parliament

The Deputy Minister of Defence, Major General Aruna Jayasekara (Retd) today (20) stated that the defence agreement signed between Sri Lanka and the United States will be tabled in Parliament for the second time. The Deputy Minister made…

Members of Parliament and staff today (22) attended Parliament session dressed in pink or pink shaded attire to support the breast cancer awareness initiative. Every year, the month of October is recognized globally as Breast Cancer…

Speaker of House Dr. Jagath Wickramaratne, today (21) informed all Members of Parliament to wear pink or pink-shaded attire tomorrow (22), in view of the “Global Breast Cancer Awareness Month” in October. The Speaker also announced that…

Speaker of House Dr. Jagath Wickramaratne has endorsed the certificate on the Sri Lanka Electricity (Amendment) Bill. The Sri Lanka Electricity (Amendment) Bill was passed in Parliament on August 6. Accordingly, the Sri Lanka…

The Second Reading of the Gambling Regulatory Authority Bill is scheduled to take place in Parliament today (19). The draft bill to establish a Gambling Regulatory Authority was gazetted under the directives of President Anura Kumara…

Concerns pertaining to e-commerce platform taxation that affected products that were purchased through websites such as AliExpress, Amazon and Temu have been resolved, according to officials who were present during a meeting of the…

The Committee of Inquiry appointed to investigate and report its findings on Inspector General of Police Deshabandhu Tennakoon in respect of acts of gross abuse of power, has found him guilty of all allegations leveled against the IGP.…

The Electricity (Amendment) Bill, which was presented in Parliament by the government recently has been challenged in the Supreme Court. Accordingly, the Supreme Court today (02) ordered that the petition filed by the Ceylon Electricity…

Parliament is scheduled to convene from June 3 (Tuesday) to June 6 (Friday) according to Secretary General of Parliament Kushani Rohanadeera. This decision was made when the Committee on Parliamentary Business convened under the…

Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) Member of Parliament Dr. Harsha de Silva has questioned the government as to why the senior most officer has not been named as the new Auditor General. Although yesterday the Speaker of House had indicated a…