Ex LTTE member Praba arrested by the TID in Batticaloa

Second Reading of the 2024 budget passed in Parliament

The Second Reading of the 2024 budget was passed in Parliament today with 122 MPs voting for and 77 against it. Speaker Mahida Yapa Abeywardena said. The Speaker announced the results of the vote on the Second Reading of the 2024 budget held today. The Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) voted in support of the budget. President Ranil Wickremesinghe presented the 2024 budget to Parliament last week, focusing on ensuring the country does not go bankrupt again. Presenting the budget in Parliame

21 Nov, 2023

New UK Foreign Secretary questioned on links to Colombo Port City

New UK Foreign Secretary David Cameron has been questioned by the Labour Party over his links to the Colombo Port City. Speaking at the House of Commons, Labour MP Siobhain McDonagh said that since the Foreign Secretary was last in office, he has been working for a Chinese state enterprise that was sanctioned by the US Government and blacklisted for bribery by the World Bank. “The Foreign Secretary was paid by the Chinese company to promote the building of a port in Sri Lanka, a country which

23 Nov, 2023

State Minister Sanath Nishantha suspended from Parliament

Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena has suspended State Minister Sanath Nishantha from Parliament for a period of two weeks owing to his unruly behaviour in Parliament yesterday (Tuesday). The Speaker condemned the actions of some MPs in Parliament yesterday and decided to suspend State Minister Sanath Nishantha from Parliament for a period of two weeks with effect from today (Wednesday). A group of Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) MPs behaved like thugs in Parliament yesterday by crossing the

22 Nov, 2023