Parliamentary sessions were suspended for 10 minutes by Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena following the unruly behavior of opposition members today morning.
SJB MP Ajith Mannapperuma had tried to remove the Mace, but Parliamentary staff managed to protect the Mace.
The opposition members were protesting after Public Security Minister refused to answer a question.
The Speaker initially had given the opportunity to raise the question, but Minister Tiran Alles had said he was tabling the answer. Thereby MP Mannapperuma raised objections as to why his question was not being answered.
Earlier NPP MP Anura Kumara Dissanayake had raised the question about the IGP after pointing out that the Constitutional Council had turned down his extension for three weeks but the President had approved it.
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.
Ajith Gallage, the owner of a Bird Park in Nagarawawa, Hambantota, has been remanded over allegations of concealing illegally imported motorcycles, in a warehouse owned by him.
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