Parliament has received copies of five petitions filed at the Supreme Court in respect of the Private Members' Bill on entitled the "Twenty First Amendment to the Constitution" and copies of four petitions filed against the Private Members' Bill entitled the "Twenty Second Amendment to the Constitution," Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena informed Parliament this morning.
The draft 21st Amendment to the Constitution was presented as a Private Members' Bill by Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) MP Ranjith Madduma Bandara while Justice Minister Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe has presented the 22nd Amendment to the Constitution as a Private Members' Bill.
A Thai woman walking topless in Arugam Bay town has been arrested by the Police.
The UK government has unveiled a package of reforms to simplify imports from developing countries which allows for more garments manufactured in Sri Lanka to enter the UK tariff-free.
The Cabinet has approved a proposal for Sri Lankans overseas to apply for their passports through an online system via the Lankan diplomatic missions.
Villagers in Nirmalapura, Daluwa, Norochcholai today staged a protest over an incident where a group of Navy officials and sailors had assaulted a resident in the area over night, Police said.
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