• For not adhering to recommendations on landslides 

The National Building Research Institute Bill, scheduled to be taken up for its second reading in the Parliament on 23 September was approved by the Parliamentary Sectoral Oversight Committee on Governance, Justice and Civil Protection. 

This took place at the meeting of the committee held in the Parliament on 11 September under the Chairpersonship of Dr. Najith Indika.

Although the National Building Research Organisation (NBRO) has been functioning since 1984, it has not yet been established by an Act of Parliament. Therefore, the proposed Bill seeks to provide the organisation with legal status in order to properly fulfil the duties, responsibilities, and services entrusted to it. Officials, making submissions before the committee, further stated that in instances where Local Government (LG) institutions fail to adhere to the recommendations issued by the organisation with regard to landslides, once this proposed Bill is passed, it would be possible to take legal action in that respect.