A Floor Of A Building In Pettah Has Been Damaged Due To A Fire

The Fifth floor of a Building Infront of

Colombo -Dutch museum in Pettah  has Been damaged due to a sudden fire erupted there last evening (16)  according to the Colombo Fire Services Department .

The fire trucks arrived at the scene have doused the fire .

The cause of the fire and the value of the damage have not yet been revealed. 

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More Than Ten Police Officers And TWO MP's Have Been Injured Due To Chilie Powder Attack Of Minority Government MP's

More than Ten Police Officers and Two

MP's  ,A Janatha Wimukthi Peramuna (JVP) MP and United National Party (UNP)have been injured due to the chili powder mixed water attack launched against them by MP 'and Ministers of minority government during today's (16)parliamentary session. .

The attackers led by United People's Freedom Alliance (UPFA)MP Prasanna Ranaweera had even thrown a chair towards Police officers guarded the speaker Karu Jayasuriya after the officers formed a shield to protect Speaker Jayasuriya .

The injured Police officers have later received treatment it has been reported.

Meanwhile UNP MP Gamini Jayawikrama perera and Janatha Wimukthi Peramuna MP Vijitha Herath were also attacked with water mixed with chillies .MP Perera has received treatment at Medical center in Parliament as the Chillie powder water had thrown towards his eyes.

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Speaker Has Sent A Letter To President And Informed No Confidence Motion Against Minority Government Got Passed -Parliament Was Prorogued Until Monday

Speaker Karu Jayasuriya has informed

the President Maithripala Sirisena by a letter  that a no confidence motion has been passed against the appointed government of Premier Mahinda Rajapakshe by a majority of 122 votes as 122 MP's voted for the motion and no one voted against.

Speaker has sent the No confidence motion submitted against the minority government with the signatures of 122 MP's voted for the motion .

Meanwhile Speaker Karu Jayasuriya has prorogued the parliament until 1.30 p.m on Monday the 19th of November after the no confidence motion got passed. He had left the house escorted by Policemen. 

UNP Deputy Leader Sajith Prrmadasa Says For Him Ranil Wikramasinghe Is Still The Prime Minister

Deputy Leader of United National

Party  (UNP)Sajith Prrmadasa has today (16)said after the Parliamentary session that for him President of Sri Lanka is Maithripala Sirisena and Prime Minister is Ranil Wikramasinghe and they will form the government again soon .

Addressing a media briefing held at Parliamentary Complex Deputy Leader of UNP Has said UPFA MP's today displayed  bad behaviour in Parliament because they knows they do not have the majority in the house .

Parliament Became A War Zone As UPFA MP's Protested Surrounding The Speaker's Chair

The Parliamentary session scheduled

for today (16) at 1.30 p.m has been delayed around half and hour due to the Protest held by  surrounding the speaker's  chair by a group of Mahinda faction MP's and Ministers.

 United Peoples Feeedom Allisnce MP ArundiKa Fernando has seated in Speaker's chair and other Mahinda faction MP's and appointed Ministers surrounded speakers chair and shouTed slogans against United National Party (UNP) MP and Deputy Minister Palitha Thewarapperuma And Speaker Karu Jayasuriya.

Protesters demandEd  an action against UNP MP Palitha Thewarapperuma over carrying a knife to the Parliament yesterday (15).

However MP Thewarapperuma has denied the charges and said he had carried a BroKen microphone not a knife as stated by UPFA MP's.

Due to the Protest the house had seen as a war zone and protesters had erupted after Speaker Jayasuriya has arrived in the Parliament escorted by Policemen.