Following the general election to be held on November, 14, 2024, President Anura Kumara Dissanayake yesterday summoned the new parliament to meet on November 21.
The Ninth parliament of Sri Lanka was dissolved at midnight by the newly elected President in terms of power vested in him under Article 70 of the Constitution and in pursuance of the provisions of Section 10 of the Parliamentary Elections Act No. 1 of 1981.
The proclamation was made through an Extraordinary Gazette notification.
The last parliamentary election was held on August 5, 2020 and its first session was held on August 20 that year.
The 2020 election was first scheduled to be held on April 25, 2020 and the House scheduled to meet on May 14, 2020 but due to the Covid-19 Pandemic, the holding of the election was delayed.
In the 2020 general election, the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) secured a landslide obtaining 6,853,693 (59.09 %) of the votes polled and secured 145 seats.
The SJB came second having obtained 2,771,984 (23.90 %) of the total votes and won 54 seats.
The NPP won 445,958 votes (3.84 %) and secured three seats including one national list seat.
The UNP was routed in the 2020 election obtaining 249435 votes (2.15% ) and winning only one National List seat.
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 Minister of Power, Kumara Jayakody, stated that in the future, internationally funded projects, such as power projects, will only be carried out through government-to-government (G2G) agreements and competitive procurement.
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.
Israel, a major player in the global diamond and jewellery trade, has invited Sri Lankan gem and jewellery businessmen and designers to collaborate with Israeli diamond traders.
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