President Ranil Wickremesinghe assured to provide the necessary assistance to expand the scouting movement by increasing its membership to 200,000 covering all nine provinces by 2024.

Hon. Mahinda Yapa Abeywardan, Speaker of Parliament announce to the house today (21) that the Annual Reports and Performance Reports to be submitted to Parliament are currently being submitted in soft copies, and action will be taken to keep a limited number of hard copies of the said reports in the Chamber and Library for the use of the Hon. Members of Parliament as required.

Government’s intention was to resume the negotiations on free trade agreements said Secretary to the President Saman Ekanayake.

The Speaker Hon. Mahinda Yapa Abeywardana announced to the House Nov- (19) that the following Members have been nominated by the Committee of Selection to serve in the
Committee on Public Accounts, Committee on Public Enterprises and the Committee on Public Finance.