The draft bill to establish the Sri Lanka Chartered Media Professionals’ Institute was presented in Parliament today (22) by MinisterContinue Reading
The Parliamentary Business Committee has decided that the no‑confidence motion against the Minister of Justice and National Integration, Harshana Nanayakkara,Continue Reading
The Sri Lanka Women Parliamentarians’ Caucus has stressed the urgent need for legal reforms to ensure a minimum of 33%Continue Reading
The Speaker of Parliament announced today that the Second Reading of the Prevention of Money Laundering (Amendment) Bill has beenContinue Reading
The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and the Parliament of Sri Lanka have formalised a new partnership to strengthen theContinue Reading
Seventeen years after the end of Sri Lanka’s armed conflict, large tracts of privately owned civilian lands in the NorthernContinue Reading
The Opposition staged a protest in Parliament today, wearing black bands over the recent Negombo Prison unrest. They demanded thatContinue Reading
President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has arrived in the Parliament of Sri Lanka. Making a special statement, the President said theContinue Reading
The Parliament was adjourned mid-session today (23) after a tense situation arose following the government announcing it will not permitContinue Reading
The Parliament of Sri Lanka is scheduled to meet next week, from June 23 to 26, following a decision takenContinue Reading
The Court of Appeal has ordered that the writ petition filed by Deputy Secretary General of Parliament Chaminda Kularatne challengingContinue Reading
A U.S. delegation is in Colombo this week to help strengthen Sri Lanka’s parliamentary capacity for independent budget analysis. AsContinue Reading
The Central Bank of Sri Lanka on Wednesday (10) conducted a briefing for Members of Parliament on the current monetaryContinue Reading
The Parliament of Sri Lanka is scheduled to meet from June 9 to 12, according to a decision taken atContinue Reading
Opposition MP Mujibur Rahman today accused the government of corruption in connection with the President’s announcement of a surcharge onContinue Reading
Deputy Minister of Finance Anil Jayantha Fernando told Parliament today (21) that Sri Lanka is expecting a significant inflow ofContinue Reading
Minister of Transport and Highways Bimal Rathnayake says that the total maintenance cost for Sri Lanka’s expressway network, spanning 312.57Continue Reading
A tense situation arose in Parliament today (20) when Opposition MP Chamara Sampath Dassanayake attempted to raise an issue regardingContinue Reading