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Thu, Dec 31, 2020, 12:52 pm SL Time, ColomboPage News Desk, Sri Lanka. Dec 31, Colombo: The Secretary General of Parliament Dhammika Dasanayake has announced that the first sitting of the 9th Parliament for the year 2021 will convene from the 5th of January to the 8th of January, as decided at the Committee on Parliamentary Business held yesterday (30). The Committee on Parliamentary Business which was chaired by the Deputy Chairperson of Committees Angajan Ramanathan also decided to permit media to enter the Parliament premises for the purpose of covering Parliamentary proceedings. Accordin...

  The Merchant Shipping Secretariat and the Merchant Shipping Slipway was declared open last week under the auspices of the Minister of Ports and Shipping Rohitha Abeygunawardena, Minister of Fisheries Douglas Devananda and Deputy Chairperson of Committees of Parliament Angajan Ramanathan.  Speaking at the event, Angajan said: “The Jaffna District is a district that is surrounded by sea and there is a myriad number of opportunities and potential for sea travel and cargo movement in the region.  President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has named four cities as strategic cities, and Jaffna is among th...

HomeFront PageFisheries Issue Minister Devananda seeks views of northern fishermen before talks with India Fisheries Issue Minister Devananda seeks views of northern fishermen before talks with India 22 December 2020 12:00 am - 0       The Minister said he intended to raise the issue of Indian fishermen poaching in Sri Lankan waters. He told a recent news conference in Vavuniya that northern fishers were protesting over the years.  He charged that Indian fishermen cross the International Maritime Boundary Line and engage in fishing even damaging maritime ecology. The Minister said S...

India must demonstrate goodwill in fishermen issue, says SL Minister Updated: Updated: Virtual bilateral discussion slated for December 30 Share Article Virtual bilateral discussion slated for December 30 Citing India’s request for the release of fishermen recently arrested by the Sri Lankan Navy on the charge of illegal fishing, Sri Lanka on Wednesday said it is India that needs to demonstrate goodwill by preventing its fishermen from trespassing into Sri Lankan waters. Addressing a press conference in Vavuniya in the Northern Province, Sri Lanka’s Fisheries Minister Douglas Devananda sa...

By Saman Indrajith The Samagi Jana Balavegaya (SJB) yesterday (15) said that the government was bound by a national responsibility to introduce a Constitution acceptable to all communities in the country.  Chief Opposition Whip and Kandy District SJB MP Lakshman Kiriella, addressing the media at the Opposition Leader’s Office, Colombo, said that only the Soulbury Constitution had been able to ensure the contribution of the minority and minor parties to constitution making.  “When the country was set to be granted independence, Lord Soulbury came to Sri Lanka in 1946 and announced that h...