Parliament

The Secretary General of Parliament, Mrs. Kushani Rohanadeera, has announced that the Parliament is scheduled to convene from the 4th to the 7th of June. This schedule was confirmed during the Committee on Parliamentary Business meeting…

The proposed electricity sector reforms have been published in the government gazette on Wednesday (17), as the ‘Sri Lanka Electricity Bill’. Posting on ‘X’ (formerly Twitter), Minister of Power and Energy Kanchana Wijesekara said that…

Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) Parliamentarian Eran Wickramaratne has resigned from his position as a member of the Committee on Public Enterprises (COPE). Speaking at a press conference this morning (18), Wickramaratne stated that he has…

Several opposition parties, led by Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa, signed a motion of no confidence against Speaker of Parliament Mahinda Yapa Abeywardene on Monday (26 Feb.), claiming that he had violated the Constitution of Sri Lanka.…

The Second Reading Debate of the proposed Online Safety Bill is scheduled to be held in Parliament today (January 23). Parliament is to convene at 9.30 a.m. this morning while Minister of Public Security Tiran Alles is slated to present…

The Committee on High Posts has green-lighted 5 new appointments including an appointment of a High Commissioner, the Communication Department of Parliament said on Wednesday (Jan.17). The new appointments approved by the committee are…

The prices of all liquor products manufactured by the Distilleries Company of Sri Lanka PLC (DCSL) are expected to go up from 01 January 2024. Accordingly, the prices of all DCSL brands of liquor will be increased by Rs. 90, Rs. 50 and…

Sports Minister Roshan Ranasinghe has claimed that his life at risk, and that in the event anything should happen to him, the President and his Chief of Presidential Staff will have to be held responsible. Speaking in Parliament this…

State Minister Sanath Nishantha has been suspended from parliament for a period of two weeks due to his unruly behaviour inside the Chambers on Tuesday (Nov.21). Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena communicated the announcement to the…

The Chairman of the Committee on Public Enterprise (COPE) MP Ranjith Bandara, who vehemently denies the sexual bribery allegations which were levelled against him by the opposition, emphasized that he will resign as a Member of Parliament…