Politics

The Electoral Register should be further expanded to include information about the voter’s occupation, permanent residence, source of income, telephone number, marital status, vehicles, housing, etc., said the General Secretary of the…

A special meeting of the Committee on Public Enterprises (COPE) was held in Parliament yesterday under the chairmanship of Prof. Charitha Herath. A number of issues including the future proceedings of the Committee and the institutions…

Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena endorsed the certificate on the Securities and Exchange Commission of Sri Lanka (SECSL) Bill yesterday (21). The Bill was presented by the Finance Minister in Parliament on July 9, which was…

Jayantha Ketagoda was sworn in as a Member of Parliament yesterday (21) before Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena. He then signed the Member Roll kept by Secretary General of Parliament Dhammika Dasanayake. Jayantha Ketagoda has…

Parliament Sittings will be held today from 10.00 a.m. and time has been allotted in taking up Questions for oral Answers from 10.00 a.m. to 11.00 a.m. Accordingly, from 11.00 a.m. to 4.30 p.m. a Notification under Excise…

Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) Kalutara District Parliamentarian Mahinda Samarasinghe is due to resign in December from Parliament to take up a new post as the Ambassador of Sri Lanka to the United States and Mexico. He will tender…

The National Election Commission today issued a Gazette Extraordinary nominating Jayantha Ketagoda as a Member of Parliament. The Commission in the Gazette Extraordinary declared Jayantha Ketagoda as a Member of Parliament to…

Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) MP Jagath Kumara said that despite the Opposition claims that the country has failed in the vaccination drive, Sri Lanka has emerged as one of the leading countries to have vaccinated over 50 per cent…

Bribing the voters at future elections will result in the Perpetrator losing the seat. The High Court Judge (Monaragala), Ranga Dissanayake has delivered a landmark judgment yesterday (September 13) opening a new chapter in the…

A landmark judgement was delivered yesterday in connection with bribing the voters in elections. The judgement was given in respect of a case filed by PAFFREL in collaboration with loosing candidate and the Centre for Monitoring…