The third reading of the 20th Amendment was passed in Parliament a short while ago with 156 votes in favour and 65 against.
The Government easily secured the 2/3 majority it required to pass the amendment.
A total of eight MPs from the Opposition voted for the amendment. The same eight had earlier voted to pass the second reading of the amendment.
Former President Maithripala Sirisena was the lone Government MP to be absent at the time of voting.
The Cyclonic Storm “Ditwah” moved further north from Trincomalee today evening leaving a trail of destruction including more than 90 deaths, over 100 missing and tens of thousands displaced, officials said.
A third rescue attempt to save 28 people trapped on the rooftop of a farm building in Vithikuliya, Nikaweratiya, has failed due to the dangerous water surge from the Deduru Oya.
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All passengers of a bus swept away by rising floodwaters on the Kalawewa Bridge along the Anuradhapura–Puttalam road have been rescued, Navy Commander Vice Admiral Kanchana Banagoda said.
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