Politics

Debate on 22A postponed Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena today announced that party leaders have decided to postpone the debate on the draft bill of the 22nd Amendment to the Constitution to the next Parliament session. Parliament is due to convene…

SL – Singapore FTA needs to be revived – President Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe told Parliament on Thursday (06) that the Free Trade Agreement with Singapore needs to be revived to benefit Sri Lanka in a greater manner. The…

Welfare program giving relief to 3.1 mn families, to be expedited President Ranil Wickremesinghe has instructed to expedite the programme to provide welfare benefits to 3.1 million low-income families in Sri Lanka. This program has been planned to cover all…

Resolution on SL adopted The Core Group resolution on Sri Lanka at the United Nations Human Rights Council was adopted today (06). Sri Lanka has categorically rejected the resolution A/HRC/51/L.1 (Rev.1) titled “Promoting reconciliation, accountability and human rights in Sri…

Jeevan Thondaman withdraws from National Council Ceylon Workers Congress Secretary MP Jeevan Thondaman has withdrawn from the National Council. Accordingly, Ceylon Workers Congress Chairman M.Rameswaran has been nominated instead. In addition to this, Samagi Jana Balawegaya MP Patali Champika Ranawaka…

Approval not sought for phone charges increase: TRCSL The Telecommunications Regulatory Commission of Sri Lanka (TRCAL) said the mobile service providers have increased phone and internet charges without seeking TRCSL approval.TRCSL Deputy Director Indrajith Handapangoda said the relevant companies have…

Oct 05, 2022 Patali nominated to National Council Samagi Jana Balawegaya MP Patali Champika Ranawaka has been nominated as a member of the National Council. Meanwhile, MP M. Rameswaran has been nominated to fill the vacancy left open following the…

Tourists will come if timewasters withdraw: Harin Tourism and Lands Minister Harin Fernando said that he believes that Sri Lanka will see a historic number of tourist arrivals in December if the group of timewasters take a step back and…

22A Bill to be taken up for debate tomorrow The 22nd Amendment Bill to the Constitution was approved for its Second Reading yesterday (04) at the Ministerial Consultative Committee on Justice, Prison Affairs and Constitutional Reforms chaired by its Chair…

Or Cabinet nod to submit 2023 Budget in Parliament The Cabinet proposal presented by the President as the Minister of Finance to publish the Appropriation Bill for the financial year 2023 in the Government Gazette and then submit it to…