Both the Committee on Public Enterprises (COPE) and the Committee on Public Accounts (COPA) will be opened to the media, it was announced today (6).
There had been speculation earlier that the COPE proceedings will no longer be opened to the media. New COPE Chairman Prof Charitha Herath however, told the Sunday Times last week that the committee would be taking a decision on the matter on October 6. He stated at the time that the committee will most probably allow things to continue as they did during the previous (Eighth) Parliament, when COPE was first opened to the media.
However, further meetings of both COPE and COPA will be postponed for the time being due to concerns following the new COVID-19 cluster from the apparel manufacturing plant belonging to Brandix.
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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