Minister of Youth and Sports and Development Co-ordination and Monitoring and State Minister of Digital Technology and Enterprise Development Namal Rajapaksa,
was elected as the President of Sri Lanka - France Parliamentary Friendship Association at the revival meeting of the association for the ninth Parliament held yesterday (06).

The Government of the Republic of Korea through the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) donated a consignment including PCR detection kits and 05 PCR machines for rapid testing valued at USD 450,000 to Sri Lanka. This generous contribution is in addition to previous donations of COVID 19 related medical equipment.

The Second Report of the Committee on Public Accounts for the First Session of the Ninth Parliament was presented to Parliament Oct;(06) by its chairman, (Prof). Tissa
Vitarana. The report was tabled in Parliament in terms with Standing Order 119 of Parliament.

The Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka (PUCSL), the electricity sector regulator, commences the second phase of awarding free National Vocational Qualification
Level 3 (NVQ 3) Program for Electricians.