Sri Lanka, July 21 -- The Opposition handed over the no confidence motion on Minister of Justice Harshana Nanayakkara to Speaker Jagath Wickramaratne today. A group of Opposition MPs led by Chief Op... Read More
Sri Lanka, July 10 -- Opposition MPs today began placing their signatures to a no confidence motion against Minister of Justice Harshana Nanayakkara. The main allegation against the Minister is his f... Read More
Sri Lanka, July 8 -- Special police protection is being provided to 454 persons, including former MPs, former IGPs, retired judges, chief incumbent monks of several temples, a Bishop and a former Firs... Read More
Sri Lanka, July 8 -- Highlighting that the root cause of the Negombo Prison clash was tension resulting from severe overcrowding, Justice Minister Harshana Nanayakkara told Parliament that key legal r... Read More
Sri Lanka, July 7 -- Parliament is to take up a debate on the Negombo prison clashes today from 3.30 pm to 6.30 pm, Speaker Jagath Wickramaratne announced today. The debate was given in response to ... Read More
Sri Lanka, July 7 -- Thirty-one Opposition MPs have submitted a motion to Speaker Jagath Wickramaratne seeking an urgent adjournment debate on the recent clashes at Negombo Prison. "President Anura K... Read More
Sri Lanka, July 7 -- The Sri Lanka Bureau of Foreign Employment (SLBFE) has incurred losses of Rs. 615 million due to untrained Sri Lankan nationals leaving the country for overseas employment, Deputy... Read More
Sri Lanka, June 12 -- There is a backlog of 1.1 million court cases in Sri Lanka, National People's Power (NPP) MP Hiruni Wijesinghe told Parliament. This she said means that there 1.1 million cases ... Read More
Sri Lanka, June 10 -- Speaker Jagath Wickramaratne, who lost his cool today, accused that some Opposition MPs are brainless. He said this when Chief Opposition Whip Gayantha Karunatilaka, Sujeewa Se... Read More
Sri Lanka, June 10 -- In the midst of a heated argument over Standing Orders pertaining to raising questions, Speaker Jagath Wickramaratne today threatened to have MP Sujeewa Senasinghe removed from t... Read More