Minister of Energy Udaya Gammanpila, was elected as the new President of the Sri Lanka-Australia Parliamentary Friendship Association recently at the revival meeting
of the association for the ninth Parliament.

Minister Ramesh Pathirana affirmed that, as the health sector and the Presidential Task Force are already taking mandatory measures to curtail the spread of the pandemic, steps have been taken to increase the number of beds in hospitals to 4000-5000 within a very short period of time and to increase the number of beds in intensive care units (ICUs) in the next few days.

The Committee on Parliamentary Business chaired by Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena yesterday (04) decided not to hold the debate on the Colombo Port City Economic Commission Bill today(05).

The main objective of the present Government is to eliminate certain disparities in the field of education both nationally and internationally, said the Cabinet Spokesman Minister Keheliya Rambukwella.