Former president Mahinda Rajapaksa who was elected to parliament from Kurunegala district sworn in as the memebr of the parliament today.
Earlier there were doubts that though Mr. Rajapaksa was elected at the recent parliamentary elections whether he would sit as a ordinary Parliamentarian.
Attending the first session of the new parliament today he was seated in the front row of the opposition next to Nimal Sripala De Silva.
Meanwhile Rajapaksa's son Namal uploaded a picture of the two of them in Parliament with the following caption " Never felt more proud than this moment...to be in Parliament with a statesman who has done so much for #SriLanka."
The Committee on High Posts has approved the nomination of Former Air Force Commander Air Chief Marshal (Retd.)
A Sri Lankan man was apprehended at Suvarnabhumi airport for attempting to smuggle wildlife out of the country after three ball pythons were found hidden in his underwear, the Bangkok post reported.
Former Chairman of SriLankan Airlines, Nishantha Wickramasinghe, arrested on allegation of corruption by the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) has been remanded until July 1 by the Colombo Magistrate court.
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