Do not degrade Sinhalese and make racist statements in Parliament – Fonseka

Samagi Jana Balavegaya (SJB) Gampaha District MP Field Marshal Sarath Fonseka reacting to a previous statement made in Parliament by TMTK MP C.V. Wigneswaran warned him that degrading the Sinhalese and making racist statements undermining the Sinhalese in Parliament will get him nowhere and will not be tolerated.







Rajitha & Mohamed Rumy served indictments

The Colombo High Court today (28) served indictments on Parliamentarian Rajitha Senaratne and the former Chairman of State Pharmaceutical Corporation (SPC) Mohamed Rumi over controversial press conference on “white van abductions”.





Amendments to labour laws

The Ministry of Labour is considering amending a handful of labour laws to expedite the hearing of grievance cases of the country’s workforce which seems to have created a backlog at magistrate courts.





No obstacle to Karu becoming UNP Leader

Legal experts have pointed out that if there are provisions on the Party constitution and if there is a genuine need, there is no impediment on former Speaker Karu Jayasuriya laying claim to the party leadership, a release from Jayasuriya’s office said.




Parliament debate on Vote on Account today

The Vote on Account of the government seeking approval to spend a sum not exceeding Rs.1.3 trillion for the period from September 1 until the Budget for 2021 is passed, will be debated in Parliament both today and tomorrow.