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After an absence of 6 six years, the new Speaker of the Parliament, Chamal Rajapaksa put on the ceremonial Robe, for today’s parliamentary session. Chamal Rajapaksa is the 17th speaker of the parliament. (Pix : Sudath Silva)
The government has decided to scale down the emergency regulations considerably during the Emergency debate expected to take place in Parliament tomorrow.
Minister of External Affairs, Professor G. L. Peiris speaking to reporters this morning in Colombo said, that the Government will only retain what is absolutely essential.
Citing reasons for the move he said, “The ground [...]
President Mahinda Rajapaksa last evening held a meeting with the UPFA Parliamentary group.
Here Minister Nimal Siripala De Silva was appointed as the Leader of the House and Minister Dinesh Gunawardane as the Chief Government Whip.
Meanwhile the new UPFA government’s first Cabinet meeting is expected to be held on the 5th of May.
The inaugural Cabinet Meeting of the UPFA Government will be held on the 5th of May with President Mahinda Rajapaksa expected to Chair the meeting.
Cabinet Secretary Mr. Sumith Abeysinghe has already sent letters to the newly appointed Cabinet Ministers, inviting them for the first meeting
According to his office, the letters have been dispatched yesterday.
The new [...]
President Mahinda Rajapaksa in his May Day message says, the working class of this country is celebrating the May Day with the joy of been able to step into the path of peace and development.
He says, this was only possible, as the country was able to wipe out terrorism from this nation after a 3 [...]
The government has terminated the services of “Ministry Advisors” with affect from yesterday.
The government says, new appointments will be done only after an assessment of the new Ministries and their requirement for advisors.
The current UPFA government has only 37 Cabinet Ministries compared to over 50 existed in the last UPFA government, where almost each Ministry [...]
UNF today demanded from the government to immediately activate the Commission for Investigating Bribery or Corruption and added that not doing so means, encouraging more bribery or corruption to take place in the country.
UNF Kalutara district parliamentarian Ajith P. Perera speaking to reporters this morning in Colombo said, as of now the “commission is closed” [...]
President Mahinda Rajapaksa yesterday appointed new Secretaries to handle the affairs of the new Ministries.
Dr. P.B. Jayasundera has been retained as the Treasury Secretary and Sirisena Amarasekera the former highways Secretary has been appointed as the Secretary to the Premier.
Following the appointment, the President held a meeting with the appointed Secretaries to discuss the government’s [...]
Newly elected UNF Parliamentarian Ranjan Ramanayake says the UNP leader Ranil Wickremesinghe should continue as the party leader.
Speaking to reporters a short while ago in Colombo, Ramanayake said Ranil Wickremesinghe is not solely responsible for the defeats the party suffered in recent years.
He pointed out that Wickremesinghe is not a corrupt politician.
Ramanayake, who is also [...]
The new Cabinet of Ministers of the UPFA government headed by President Mahinda Rajapaksa was sworn in at the Presidential Secretariat this afternoon (23 April).
37 Ministers and 39 Deputy Ministers were sworn in. The previous Cabinet comprised 51 Ministers, 39 non- Cabinet Ministers and 19 Deputy Ministers. Thus, the new Cabinet is significantly smaller with [...]
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