Speaker of Parliament Mahinda Yapa Abeywardana announced to the House today that the following Members have been nominated by the Committee of Selection to serve in the Committee on Parliamentary Business.
Accordingly, in terms of the provisions of the Standing Order 115 of Parliament and the motion agreed to by Parliament today (10), the following Members have been nominated with the Speaker as the Chair, the Deputy Speaker, the Deputy Chairperson of Committees, the Leader of the House of Parliament, the Leader of the Opposition in Parliament, the Chief Government Whip and the Chief Opposition Whip, by the Committee of Selection to serve in the Committee on Parliamentary Business.
Accordingly, Hon. Nimal Siripala de Silva, Douglas Devananda, M .U. M. Ali Sabry, Kanchana Wijesekera, Chamal Rajapaksa, Johnston Fernando, Gayantha Karunatilleka, Anura Dissanayaka, Rauff Hakeem, (Mrs.) Pavithradevi Wanniarachchi, Gamini Lokuge, C. B. Rathnayake, Rishad Bathiudeen, Wimal Weerawansa, R. M. Ranjith Madduma Bandara, Mano Ganesan, Dayasiri Jayasekara, Rohitha Abegunawardhana, G. G. Ponnambalam, M. A. Sumanthiran, Sagara Kariyawasam were appointed as members.
A British national had been arrested over attempting to smuggle in the largest haul of kush( drugs) from Thailand, customs said.
Popular grade five tuition teacher, Hayeshika Fernando wanted over assaulting a 21 year old youth was granted bail today after she surrendered to courts.
The Government of Sri Lanka maintains that the allegation of genocide during the final phase of the conflict in Sri Lanka is unsubstantiated by any credible authority, either nationally or internationally, and is based on misleading information. Sri Lanka firmly rejects this false narrative and believes it has been propagated primarily for electoral gains within Canada.
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