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Speaker refuses to allow question to be raised on Ajit Doval’s visit

Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena today refused to allow a question to be raised on the visit to Sri Lanka by India’s National Security Adviser Ajit Doval. Doval arrived in Colombo today for trilateral discussions among India, Sri Lanka and the Maldives. Opposition Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) Parliamentarian Chaminda Wijesiri attempted to raise a question in Parliament today on the visit and if it was linked to the Colombo Port East Terminal. However, Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena refused

27 Nov, 2020

Prison coronavirus cluster continues to grow

By Vyshnavy Velrajh The number of coronavirus patients linked to the prison cluster in Sri Lanka increased to 821 today. Commissioner General of Prisons Thushara Upuldeniya told Colombo Gazette that nine more inmates from the Boossa prison tested positive for COVID-19 this morning. A total of 70 inmates have contracted the virus at the Boossa prison as of today, he said. Upuldeniya further said that the coronavirus prison cluster consists of inmates from the Welikada, Bogambara, Boossa, Kuru

27 Nov, 2020

Ministries of Defence and Technology bought under the President

The Ministries of Defence and Technology have been bought under the purview of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa. The President’s Media Division (PMD) said that this is in accordance with the revision of subjects under Ministries. Earlier today Rear Admiral Sarath Weerasekara was sworn in as the Cabinet Minister of Public Security while Chamal Rajapaksa was sworn in as the State Minister of State Security, Home Affairs and Disaster Management. The President’s Media Division said that the 21st Cent

26 Nov, 2020