A special session at the Mawanella Pradeshiya Sabha was limited to 30 minutes today (Jul 17) after opposition members staged a protest within the chambers this morning.
Today's special session had been convened at 10 am by Chandana Jayachandala, the Chairman, upon a proposal put forward by the opposition of the Pradeshiya Sabha.
However, a tense situation arose as opposition members claimed that the Chairman had included a different schedule in the order paper, which varied from their suggestions to be taken up at the session.
Opposition members raised objections and called for a division over this matter while claiming that the Chairman did not have the legal authority to conduct a session without their proposals.
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.
Read these and more on tomorrow’s edition of the Sunday Times
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