Archive for the Parliament Category

All day debate on September 8

Posted on September 3, 2010 by Kalani

Controversial 18th Amendment
By Kelum Bandara
Parliament will have a full day’s debate on the controversial 18th Amendment to the Constitution from [...]

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PARLIAMENT

Posted on August 25, 2010 by Kalani

Condolence messages:
ADJL Leo initiated many power, water supply projects – Minister Nimal Siripala
Irangika RANGE, Sandasen MARASINGHE and Disna MUDALIGE
Speaker Chamal [...]

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Delay Parliament sessions commencing time: Azwer

Posted on August 23, 2010 by Kalani

By Yohan Perera
A request was made to Speaker Chamal Rajapaksa to delay the commencing time of Parliamentary sessions once again [...]

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President visits Parliament

Posted on August 20, 2010 by Kalani

By Yohan Perera and Kelum Bandara
President Mahinda Rajapaksa visited Parliament to attend the Consultative Committee meetings on the Ministry of [...]

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We can store another 123,000 tonnes of paddy – Johnston

Posted on August 20, 2010 by Kalani

By: Kelum Bandara and Yohan Perera
Internal Trade Minister Johnston Fernando told Parliament yesterday that the government had sufficient facilities to [...]

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Amendments to speed up projects

Posted on August 18, 2010 by Kalani

By Yohan Perera and Kelum Bandara
Minister of Justice Attauda Seneviratne told Parliament yesterday that there was a backlog of 400,000 [...]

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Govt: Just 5 more to 2/3

Posted on August 9, 2010 by Kalani

By: Kelum Bandara and Yohan Perera
UNP parliamentarians Prabha Ganesan and P. Digambaram crossed the floor in Parliament yesterday and joined [...]

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Govt. has paddy stocks for two years: UNP

Posted on August 6, 2010 by Kalani

By Yohan Perera and Kelum Bandara
UNP Anuradhapura District MP. P. Harrison in Parliament yesterday warned of an impending crisis in [...]

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Boy swallows coin in Parliament

Posted on August 6, 2010 by Kalani

By Kelum Bandara & Yohan Perera
A seven-year-old schoolboy who visited the parliamentary complex was rushed to hospital yesterday after he [...]

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Panic in parliament over KP

Posted on August 6, 2010 by Kalani

By Kelum Bandara and Yohan Perera
The atmosphere in Parliament was tense yesterday after the government declined to inform the House [...]

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