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COPF approves Budget 2026

Colombo, Oct. 24 -- The Committee on Public Finance (COPF) has approved the Budget 2026 despite pending clarifications on some expenditure heads. "We have given the green light for the budget as the... Read More


Harsha harming himself by opposing government's effort to develop Suwa Seriya: Nalinda

Colombo, Oct. 21 -- Claiming that those who introduced some project must be pleased when it is upgraded with global trends and carried forward, Health Minister Nalinda Jayatissa said MP Harsha de Silv... Read More


Sri Lanka to sign several agreements with Vatican: Minister

Colombo, Oct. 21 -- Sri Lanka is to sign a number of agreements with the Vatican in the near future, Foreign Minister Vijitha Hearth told Parliament today. These will be signed with Vatican Foreign ... Read More


MPs to wear pink tomorrow to mark breast cancer month

Colombo, Oct. 21 -- All MPs are expected to wear pink tomorrow in order to mark breast cancer month. This is in response to Speaker Jagath Wickramaratne who made a request to that effect in Parliame... Read More


Opposition calls for appointment of PSC to probe container clearance issue

Colombo, Oct. 7 -- The Opposition called for the appointment of a Parliamentary Select Committee to probe the clearance of 323 red labelled containers. In its official request, the Opposition has sa... Read More


Appointment of Bribery Commission members questioned in Parliament

Sri Lanka, Oct. 7 -- Colombo, October 07 (Daily Mirror)- Concerns over the legality of recent appointments to the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) were raised in... Read More


Chinese EXIM Bank increases interest rate from 2.5 per cent to 3.5 per cent

Colombo, Oct. 4 -- The Committee on Public Finance (COPF) which said that EXIM Bank of China had increased the interest rate from the initially agreed 2.5 per cent to 3.5 per cent for the loan extende... Read More


Officers who ignored Easter attacks intel engage in repeat performance: Namal

Colombo, Sept. 25 -- Two intelligence officers who neglected the prior warnings on the Easter Sunday bomb attacks have engaged in a repeat performance by neglecting prior warnings on two containers co... Read More


MPs occupy official residences in Madiwela for nominal monthly rent of Rs.2,000

Colombo, Sept. 24 -- It was revealed today that approximately 111 Members of Parliament are residing in official housing units at the Madiwela housing scheme, paying a nominal monthly rent of just Rs.... Read More


Almost all MPs who submitted oral questions fail to turn up in Parliament

Colombo, Sept. 24 -- Almost all MPs who had submitted oral questions that were to be raised in Parliament today were absent, raising serious concerns. These MPs were from both the government and opp... Read More