Ratnapura district MP Premalal Jayasekara did not attend today's inaugural session of the Ninth Parliament.
Mr Jayasekara has been sentenced to death for murder by the Ratnapura High Court and has appealed his guilty verdict.
Parliament officials stated that Parliament's Serjeant-at-Arms has informed the Commissioner General of Prisons to make arrangements for the MP to attend the Parliamentary sittings as the Parliament will be meeting tomorrow (21) and also on August 27 and 28.
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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