All doors leading into the Parliamentary Chamber were opened for the first time in Parliament history today while a debate was in progress.
The decision to open all doors leading to the Chamber was made to provide as much ventilation as possible into the Air Conditioned Parliamentary Chamber as a precaution to minimise the spread of COVID-19, Parliament's Serjeant-at-Arms Narendra Fernando stated.
The decision to open all doors leading into the Chamber was taken with the permission of Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena and Secretary General Dhammika Dassanayake, Mr Fernando stated. However, he stressed that all security precautions have been taken when keeping the Chamber doors open.
The Committee on High Posts has approved the nomination of Former Air Force Commander Air Chief Marshal (Retd.)
Former Chairman of SriLankan Airlines, Nishantha Wickramasinghe, arrested on allegation of corruption by the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) has been remanded until July 1 by the Colombo Magistrate court.
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