President Gotabaya Rajapaksa arrived in Parliament a short while ago for the ceremonial meeting of the Ninth Parliament.
President Rajapaksa was greeted at the steps of Parliament by newly elected Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena and Parliament Secretary General Dhammika Dassanayake.
The President is to deliver the new Government's Policy Statement in Parliament at 3.00pm.
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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