Secretary General of Parliament Mrs. Kushani Rohanadeera said today that SLPP MP Chamal Rajapaksa participated in the voting with regard to the Resolution for the implementation of the Domestic Debt Optimization to restore the sovereign debt sustainability which was passed by a majority in Parliament recently (01).
Rejecting false media reports that sugegsted MP Chamal Rajapaksa not being present in the chamber at the time of the division, the Secretary-General stated that the SLPP MP has voted in favor of the resolution.
The number of Buddhist monks who were killed following the accident at the Na Uyana Theravada Buddhist Monastery (Na Uyana Aranya Senansenaya) in Pansiyagama, Melsiripura, Kurunegala currently stands at nine , with four injured, Minister of Buddhasasana, Religious and Cultural Affairs Prof. Hiniduma Sunil Senevi told Parliament this morning. He revealed that two of the injured Buddhist monks are being treated at the Intensive Care Unit (ICU
Several shops were damaged in a major fire that broke out in a shop on the third floor of a building at First Cross Street in Pettah, Colombo, today evening.
President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, addressing the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly, said that both inequality and poverty ought to be regarded as a worldwide catastrophe that requires urgent attention.
The opposition has renewed its demand for a long delayed forensic audit into the controversial e-visa deal, following the sentencing of former Controller General of Immigration, Harsha Ilukpitiya, for contempt of court.
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