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
Tamar Amitai, a 25-year-old Israeli tourist who went missing in Uppuveli, Trincomalee, was found safe after a three-day joint search operation today.
The Colombo High Court today (28) sentenced former parliamentarian Hirunika Premachandra to three years of Rigorous Imprisonment over charges of the involvement of an abduction.
In his special statement, President Ranil Wickremesinghe announced that debt restructuring agreements will postpone all bilateral loan payments to foreign countries until 2028. Additionally, Sri Lanka will have until 2043 to repay these loans on concessional terms.
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