Bill declaring minimum age of marriage presented
The first Private Member’s Bill of the ninth Parliament has been submitted by governing party Member of Parliament (MP) Pramitha Bandara Tennakoon. Read More »
Committee on Parliamentary Business appointed
The Committee on Parliamentary Business headed by Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena was announced in the House today (27). Read More »
SJB members make contradictory statements
Two parliamentarians representing the Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) led by Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa today (27) made contradictory statements in the House regarding MP C.V. Wigneswaran's Read More »
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PCoI summons former COPE Chairman; PCoI cannot summon says Speaker
Speaker of Parliament, Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena today (27) said a Presidential Commission of Inquiry (PCoI) cannot summon members of parliamentary investigative committees like the Committee on Public Read More »
MPs meals in Parliament: Fish meal Rs. 951 and vegetarian Rs. 629
The meals served to parliamentarians in the House became a hot topic yesterday (26) following a speech delivered by a parliamentary official on the final day of the two-day orientation workshop Read More »
Meeting with PM | UK to enhance relations with SL
Acting British High Commissioner Lisa Whanstall discussed a range of areas on which Sri Lanka and the UK could collaborate when she called on Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa at Temple Trees Read More »