The Parliamentary Select Committee to identify the shortcomings in the existing Elections Structure and Laws met for the first time in Parliament yesterday (17) under the chairmanship of Leader of the House and Foreign Minister Hon. Dinesh Gunawardena.

The first project of the Colombo Port City with an investment of USD 100 billion is to be implemented in two phases, it was revealed at the Committee on Public Finance
chaired by Hon. Anura Priyadarshana Yapa in Parliament recently.

State Minister of Primary Health Care, Epidemics, and COVID Disease Control, Sudarshini Fernandopulle has visited the Gampaha District Hospital and instructed the relevant authorities to maximize Covid-19 treatment facilities in the hospital.

Ferrying of stranded civilians on boats, road clearance work, evacuation of victims or threatened people from earthslip-prone areas, supply of immediate snacks and meal packets, transport of the affected to nearest relief centres, provision of first-aid or hospitalization assistance, etc are among major tasks being performed by 14 Gemunu Watch troops of the 613 Brigade under the 61 Division in the flood-ravaged general areas of Elpitiya, Neluwa, Thawalama, Baddegama, Yakkalamulla, Nagoda and Niyagama since torrential rains hit the area on Wednesday (12) evening.