All meetings of Parliament's Committee on Public Enterprises (COPE) and the Committee on Public Accounts (COPA) have been postponed temporarily due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
COPE Chairman Prof. Charitha Herath told Times Online that he and COPA Chairman Prof. Tissa Vitharana took the decision taking into account health guidelines on public gatherings and social distancing.
COPE and COPA were due to meet over four days this week from October 20 to 23. These meetings however, have now been postponed to a later date. Prof. Herath added that the proceedings, once they recommence, will begin from the meetings that were postponed.
The funeral of arguably the Queen of the Sinhala cinema Malini Fonseka, will be held with state honours on Monday, May 26, 2025, at the Independence Square.
First Bishop of the Batticaloa Diocese, Retired Bishop Joseph Ponnaiya, passed away today at the age of 74, following a brief illness.
The NPP government has been at the wheel for almost 6 months now. The time to keep looking at the rear view mirror and living in the past is about over.
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