The Committee on Parliamentary Business chaired by Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena this afternoon (21) decided to debate the Proclamation made by the President under the Essential Public Service Act on Thursday the 23rd, Secretary General of Parliament Dhammika Dasanayake said.
Accordingly, the debate will be held from 9.30 am to 5.00 pm on that day, the Secretary General said.
According to the powers vested with the President in terms of the Essential Public Service Act No. 61 of 1979, this proclamation has been published in Gazette No. 2319/80 of 17th February 2023. Accordingly, all services connected to the supply of electricity, the supply or distribution of petroleum products and fuel and health services have been declared as essential services.
Thereafter, as previously decided in the Committee on Parliamentary Business, two private member Bills, namely; Institution of Building Services Engineering & Technology of Sri Lanka (Incorporation) Bill and the Rathanatissa Peace Foundation (Incorporation) Bill are to be directed to the Legislative Standing Committee following its Second Reading.
Subsequently, the Motion at the Adjournment Time by the Opposition is scheduled from 5.00 pm to 5.30 pm.
Popular grade five tuition teacher, Hayeshika Fernando wanted over assaulting a 21 year old youth was granted bail today after she surrendered to courts.
A British national had been arrested over attempting to smuggle in the largest haul of kush( drugs) from Thailand, customs said.
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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