Chief Opposition Whip Gayantha Karunathilaka has withdrawn from the three-member parliamentary committee investigating MP Dayasiri Jayasekara’s conduct in Parliament.

Speaker Dr. Jagath Wickramanayake announced the change on June 6, naming MP Rauff Hakeem as his replacement.

The committee was initially appointed following a formal complaint regarding Jayasekara’s behaviour during the May 20 parliamentary session.

It is chaired by Deputy Chairperson Hemali Weerasekara, with Foreign Minister Vijitha Herath also serving. The committee is tasked with investigating the incident and submitting a report to the Speaker. (Newswire)

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The wife of Dr. N.D.G. Gayantha, Head of the Psychology Unit at the Department of Philosophy at the University of Kelaniya, who died in a tragic accident recently, has passed away this morning (26 Mar).

According to state newspaper Dinamina, the lecturer’s wife, who had also sustained serious injuries in the accident, had been receiving treatment at the Colombo National Hospital.

The deceased, Satheesha Nilanthi, is also a university lecturer, and was 42 years old at the time of her demise. 

The accident occurred on the Central Expressway while the couple, along with their three young children, was returning from a trip to Nagadeepa in Jaffna on 19 March. 

The van they were traveling in collided with the rear of a lorry, during which Dr. N.D.G. Gayantha had passed away.

His wife, three children, mother-in-law, and brother-in-law had all sustained injuries and had been admitted to the Colombo National Hospital.

The mother-in-law and children had left the hospital after receiving treatment, while the brother-in-law had succumbed to injuries the day before. (Newswire)

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