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President Ranil Wickremesinghe is to deliver his maiden Policy Statement in Parliament at 11 am on Wednesday (03), Parliament sources said.The President is scheduled to commence the Third Session of the Ninth Parliament at 10 am with his Presidential Policy Statement (previously Throne Speech). The MPs have been requested to arrive at the parliamentary complex […]

Prorogation means all current business before the House are suspended and all proceedings pending at the time are quashed except impeachments

Disclosure of New Fortress agreements has frigthened govt. – JVP By Saman Indrajith The sudden prorogation of Parliament is part of a secret plan to hand over the Trincomalee oil tank farm to India, says Chief Opposition Whip and SJB MP Lakshman Kiriella. MP Kiriella told The Island yesterday that Parliament had to be kept open […]

By A.J.A Abeynayake Deputy Solicitor General, Madawa Tennakoon yesterday told Colombo Magistrate’s Court that 176 turtles, 20 dolphins and four whales had been killed by the MV X-Press Pearl disaster. Tennakoon informed the Colombo Additional Magistrate, Lochani Abeywickrama that a 39-member expert committee had confirmed that the toxins released by the disaster had caused those deaths. Investigations by veterinarians had confirmed the committee’s opinion, Tennakoon said. The Deputy Solicit...

Waiting for information: Scene outside Mahara Prison after the incident The next of kin of inmates who were at the Mahara Prison during the November 29 catastrophe are on the lookout for their loved ones. Most of them have not been able to trace their whereabouts. The result has been a collective effort by the Committee to Protect the Rights of Prisoners headed by Senaka Perera, Attorney-at-law. This Committee has now obtained sworn affidavits from close relatives of inmates who were visiting t...