Media Minister Bandula Gunawardena has cut short an official visit to the US and returned to Sri Lanka today to take part in the vote of the no confidence motion against Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena.
Minister Gunawardena on his return said that soon after he landed in Washington DC, he was informed by the Sri Lanka’s Ambassador in the US that he had been requested by President Ranil Wickremesinghe to return to the country to take part in the voting.
He was due to attend a workshop organized by the World Bank.
Minister Gunawardena told reporters he had returned to vote against the motion and show his gratitude to the Speaker who has served the country in many ways.
Meanwhile all government MPs have been told to be present in Parliament tomorrow during the vote of the no confidence motion due to take place in the evening.
By: T.K.G. Kapila
Public Security Minister Ananda Wijepala told Parliament today that the suspect in the rape of a lady doctor at the Anuradhapura teaching hospital has been identified as an army deserter and he will be apprehended shortly.
Police have arrested the suspect connected to the sexual assault on a female doctor at the Anuradhapura Teaching Hospital today morning in Galnewa.
The Dutch Public Prosecutor suspects two companies of paying bribes in the construction of hospitals in Sri Lanka, according to an investigation by FD, the Dutch financial newspaper.
The Government today tabled in the House the Report of the Commission to Inquiry into the Establishment and Maintenance of Unlawful Places of Detention and Torture Chambers in the Batalanda Housing Scheme.
Former President Ranil Wickremesinghe said today he wholly rejects the Batalanda Commission report and that it was appointed wholly with the intention slinging political mud at him.
Leader of the National People’s Party (NPP) and one time Propaganda Secretary of the JVP Wimal Weerawansa accused the Government of bringing back the “Batalanda Commission” for a media spectacle instead of a genuine concern for those who suffered during the 1988-1990 period.
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