Proceedings of Parliament's Committee on Public Accounts (COPA) will continue to be opened to the media, new COPA Chairman Prof Tissa Vitarana stated.
Parliament's Department of Communications, quoting the new COPA Chairman, said that journalists will be allowed to cover COPA proceedings, continuing a practice begun under the previous Parliament.
Earlier in the day however, Chief Government Whip Johnston Fernando informed Parliament that the media will no longer be allowed to cover proceedings of the Committee on Public Enterprises (COPE), though the Opposition insisted that the new COPE Chairman Prof Charitha Herath, had made no such decision.
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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