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.
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.
Ajith Gallage, the owner of a Bird Park in Nagarawawa, Hambantota, has been remanded over allegations of concealing illegally imported motorcycles, in a warehouse owned by him.
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