State Minister Diana Gamage's petition for dismissal of Samagi Jana Balawegaya’s decision to remove her party membership has been postponed by the Supreme Court today (10).
The petition was scheduled to be heard by the Supreme Court bench comprising Justices Gamini Amarasekara, Kumuduni Wickremesinghe and Mahinda Samayawardhena today, but was postponed due to Justice Wickremesinghe's reported illness.
The petition was subsequently re-called on February 9.
The SJB has expelled National List MP Gamage from the party due to her failure to vote against the 20th Amendment to the Constitution.
Due to her recent infraction of party rules, the SJB has further considered suspending her membership in order to secure its reputation and future.
Police have arrested the suspect connected to the sexual assault on a female doctor at the Anuradhapura Teaching Hospital today morning in Galnewa.
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.
Speaker (Dr.) Jagath Wickramaratne to announced to the Parliament regarding the vacant seat created in Parliament due to the resignation of Mohamed Sali Naleem from his position as a Member of Parliament.
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