Speaker Jagath Wickramaratne announced that as per the decision taken at the Committee on Parliamentary Business at its meeting held on 23rd January 2025, a four-member committee was appointed under the chairmanship of Minister Harshana Nanayakkara, Attorney-at-Law, M.P., "to look into the legal basis for implementing the recommendations of Parliamentary Committees and to provide guidance on actions that can be taken within the Constitutional framework regarding the non-implementation of such recommendations."
‘’As per the decision taken at the Committee on Parliamentary Business at its meeting held on March 15, MP Oshani Umanga was also nominated as a member of the said committee” the Speaker said.
Accordingly, the Speaker further informed that the five-member committee is chaired by Minister Harshana Nanayakkara and includes Deputy Minister Sunil Watagala as well as Members of Parliament Ravi Karunanayake, Ajith P. Perera, and Oshani Umanga."
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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