Health Minister orders probe over mix-up of bodies

Government ready to accept any joint opposition member

The Government says it is prepared to accept any Joint Opposition member willing to cross. Leader of the House and United National Party (UNP) member Lakshman Kiriella told Parliament today that if anyone from the joint opposition looks to join the Government they will be accepted. He was responding to a question raised in Parliament today with regards to the Ministerial position given to?Sriyani Wijewickrama, a former?joint opposition member. The opposition also asked?Kiriella and Speaker Ka

24 Jan, 2018

Speaker refuses to allow Ravi to make special statement

Speaker Karu Jayasuriya today refused to allow former Minister Ravi Karunanayake to make a special statement in Parliament on the treasury bond issue. Karunanayake wanted to make a statement with regards to the report by the Presidential Commission on the treasury bond scam. However the Speaker refused to allow the Parliamentarian to make a special statement on the issue. Jayasuriya said that?Karunanayake cannot make the statement by raising it as a privileges issue. Karunanayake however dis

24 Jan, 2018

US Embassy and American Center in Colombo back to normal

Operations at the US Embassy in Sri Lanka has returned to normal, the US Embassy in Colombo said today. The Embassy said that the?American Center in Colombo is also now open to the public. Operations were back to normal after the US government partial shutdown ended after Republicans and Democrats voted for a temporary funding bill. The Democratic leadership agreed to back the bill after accepting promises from Republicans for a debate later on the future of young illegal immigrants. Thousan

23 Jan, 2018