The Supreme Court has determined that several clauses in the proposed 21st Amendment to the Constitution presented by the Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) will have to be approved by a two-thirds Parliamentary majority as well as by the people at a referendum, Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena announced in Parliament today (21).
The draft amendment had been presented by SJB General Secretary Ranjith Madduma Bandara as a private member's bill. It was thereafter challenged at the SC by several petitioners by way of Fundamental Rights Petitions.
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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