MP Dilan Perera has also decided to resign from the Committee on Public Enterprises (COPE), becoming the 11th member to do so.

The leader of the National People’s Power (NPP) Anura Kumara Dissanayake left for Canada today (21) for a visit.

The role played by Ranil Wickremesinghe as the president so far should not be forgotten, said SLPP national organizer Basil Rajapaksa.

A draft act to ensure professional rights and to safeguard economic and cultural rights of artistes has been handed over to justice minister Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe.

The Parliament Committee on Public Finance (COPF) has recommended to postpone the recent salary hike of Central Bank staff that was paid under the claim of Central Bank independence.

President Ranil Wickremesinghe highlighted that if Sri Lanka continues to rely on borrowing to address the imbalance between imports and exports, the nation will inevitably confront another economic crisis within a decade.

Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena may be able to stay in his position by mustering a majority to defeat the no-faith motion against him, but he would never be able to get re-elected, JVP/NPP leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake told Parliament yesterday (20).

Member of Parliament Patali Champika Ranawaka was once again unanimously elected as the Chair of the Committee on Ways and Means.

Leader of National People’s Power (NPP) Anura Kumara Dissanayake and Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) MP Duminda Dissanayake too have stepped down from the Committee on Public Enterprises (COPE).

The SJB has decided at its working committee to implement an extensive programme to face future elections.