Monday, August 31, 2015

Innaugural Session Of The 08th Parliament Scheduled To Be Convened Tomorrow(01)

The inaugural  session of the 08th parliament  is scheduled to be convened tomorrow(01) at 9 a.m. with participation of  225 MP'S including 196 newly elected MP'S and 29 selected National List MP'S .


The first duty of the new parliament is to appoint a new speaker and a secret ballot is due to be held in this regard according to political  sources. The governing United National Party(UNP) has nominated the name of it's deputy leader MP Karu Jayasuriya as party's candidate for the speaker's post and a nominee from Sri Lanka Freedom Party(SLFP) is scheduled to be elected as Deputy Speaker the sources  have said.


After the electing of new speaker the newly elected MP'S are due  to be sworn in before him.The rest of the Parliament's schedule for tomorrow will be  included the electing of Deputy Speaker and deputy chairman of selection committee.


After the conclusion of the schedule the speaker is due to postpone  the Parliamentary Session until  evening and at 3 p.m President Maithripala Sirisene is due to make a special statement to the Parliament.

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A Sudden Fire Erupted In A Tyre Shop At Armour Street

A sudden fire has broken out at a tyre shop near Armour street in Grandpass this evening (29) causing severe traffic congestion in the area....