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මැතිවරණ දිනය අභියෝගයට ලක් කළ පෙත්සම් ප්‍රතික්ෂේප කෙරේ

පාර්ලිමේන්තු මහ මැතිවරණය සම්බන්ධයෙන් ගොනු කර තිබූ මූලික අයිතිවාසිකම් පෙත්සම් විභාගයට නොගෙන ප්‍රතික්ෂේප කිරීමට ශ්‍රේෂ්ඨාධිකරණය අද(02) තීන්දු කළා.
දින 10ක් පුරා සියලු පාර්ශ්වවල කරුණු දැක්වීම් සැලකිල්ලට ගත් පංච පුද්ගල විනිසුරු මඩුල්ල සිය තීන්දුව ප්‍රකාශයට පත් කරමින් අද පස්වරු 3.00ට මෙම පෙත්සම් විභාගයට නොගෙන ප්‍රතික්ෂේප කරන බව දැනුම් දුන්නා.
පංච පුද්ගල විනිසුරු මඩුල්ල වුයේ අගවිනිසුරු ජයන්ත ජයසූරිය,ශ්‍රේෂ්ඨාධිකරණ විනිසුරුවරුන් වන බුවනෙක අලුවිහාරේ,සිසිර ද ආබෘ,ප්‍රියන්ත ජයවර්ධන සහ විජිත් මළල්ගොඩ යන මහත්වරුන්ය.
මෙම පෙත්සම්වලට එරෙහිව ගොනු කරන ලද මූලික විරෝධතා ද විනිසුරු මඩුල්ලේ බහුතර තීන්දුව අනුව ප්‍රතික්ෂේප කෙරිණි.මැතිවරණ කොමිෂන් සභාවට එරෙහිව නියෝගයක් ලැබෙනු ඇතැයි පිරිසක් අපේක්ෂා කළ අතර එවැනි නියෝගයක් ද ශ්‍රේෂ්ඨාධිකරණයයෙන් නොලැබිණි.

මැතිවරණ කොමිසම හෙට රැස්වේ

පාර්ලිමේන්තු මහ මැතිවරණය පැවැත්වීම සම්බන්ධයෙන් වන දිනය සහ මැතිවරණ අංක නිකුත් කිරිම සම්බන්ධයෙන් වන ගැසට් නිවේදනයන් නිකුත් කිරිමේ දිනයන් තීරණය කිරිම සම්බන්ධයෙන් හෙට දිනයේදී මැතිවරණ කොමිසමේ සාමාජිකයින් රැස්වන බවට කොමිසමේ සභාපති මහින්ද දේශප්‍රිය ප්‍රකාශ කර සිටිනවා.
මැතිවරණය පැවැත්වීමේ දිනය වැඩි ඈතකට නොගෙන සෞඛ්‍ය බලධාරින්ගේ උපදෙස් පරිදි සිදුකිරිමට හැකි ආසන්නතම දිනයක මැතිවරණය පැවැත්වීමට පියවර ගන්නා බවයි මැතිවරණ කොමිසමේ සභාපති මහින්ද දේශප්‍රිය වැඩිදුරටත් සඳහන් කළා.

Coronavirus patients in Sri Lanka rises to 91

The number of patients infected with the coronavirus in Sri Lanka rose to 91 today, March 23rd 2020.
Director General of Health Services Dr. Anil Jayasinghe stated 5 new patients were detected with the virus as of 06.00 p.m. today.
He said 227 patients are under observation in hospitals across the country on suspicion of having contracted the virus.
Dr. Jayasinghe added that 2 patients who were initially infected with the virus, a Chinese woman and a 52 year -old Sri Lankan tour guide, have successfully recovered and have been discharged from hospital

Party leaders to meet at Temple Trees tomorrow

Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa has called for a party leaders meeting tomorrow (24).
The meeting is scheduled to take place at 10.00 a.m. at Temple Trees.
Meanwhile, sources from the United National Party (UNP) told us that UNP leader Ranil Wickremesinghe will attend the party leaders meeting.
On Tuesday (17), former Speaker of Parliament Karu Jayasuriya requested Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa to call for an all party meeting.

Sri Lanka’s General Election postponed

The Election Commission (EC) has decided to postpone the General Election 2020, which was set to be held next month.

Holding a special media briefing at the Election Commission this afternoon (19), its Chairman Mahinda Deshapriya said the General Election will not be held on April 25 as scheduled.

The Election Commission has taken this decision considering the prevailing situation in the country owing to the threats posed by the coronavirus (Covid-19) outbreak.

Deshapriya added that the Election Commission may continue to receive accepted and rejected nomination papers, serial numbers assigned to candidates and the lists of polling stations on March 20 and 21 before noon.

After the gazette on the notice of poll is published the Election Commission is authorized to postpone the election, as per the provisions of Section 24 (3) of Parliament Elections Act (No. 1 of 1981), which states that at the event of any emergency or unforeseen circumstances the election cannot be taken on the day specified in the notice relating to the election.

The Election Commission can accordingly appoint another day for the election. However, Deshapriya pointed out that the new date of the election will be fourteen days after the day on which the election was set to be held.

Accordingly, owing to the coronavirus outbreak in the country, the chairman and the two commissioners of the Election Commission have decided that the General Election 2020 will not be held on April 25.

Deshapriya added that the election calendar for the year 2020 has now upended.

The new election date will be announced on March 26, after holding discussions with the health authorities on the prevailing situation and the means to control the Covid-19 in Sri Lanka, he continued.

Katunayake Airport will be closed from March 18th

Sri Lanka’s main airport in Katunayake will suspend arriving passenger operations for two weeks an official said, as the country tightens controls to contain the spread of Coronavirus.

Arriving passenger will not be accepted from March 18 midnight until further notice, Director Operations Airport and Aviation Services Limited Director Shehan Sumanasekara said.

“Cargo flight will be accommodated as usual,” he said.

Transit and departures will be operated.

The decision taken on a directive from President Rajapaksa, Sumanasekara said.

Parliament dissolved – General Election on April 25

Sri Lanka Parliament was dissolved midnight yesterday (02) as per the extraordinary gazette notification 2165/8 signed by President Gotabaya Rajapaksa. Accordingly the general election is likely to fall on April 25, 2020. Nominations are expected to be accepted from 12th-19th March, 2020. The new Parliament shall be meeting on May 14, 2020.

The gazette notification dated March 2, 2020 said,

“KNOW YE that by virtue of the powers vested in me by Article 70 of the Constitution of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka to be read with Sub-paragraph (c) of Paragraph (2) of Article 33 of the Constitution of theDemocratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka and in pursuance of the Provisions of Section 10 of the Parliamentary Elections Act, No. 1 of 1981, I, Gotabaya Rajapaksa, President of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, doby this Proclamation

-(a) Dissolve Parliament, with effect from midnight today and summon the new Parliament to meet on the Fourteenth day of May, Two Thousand and Twenty ;

(b) Fix Twenty Fifth day of April, Two Thousand and Twenty as the date for the election of Members ofParliament ;

(c) Specify the period beginning on the Twelfth day of March, Two Thousand and Twenty and ending at TwelveNoon of the Nineteenth day of March, Two Thousand and Twenty as the nomination period, during whichnomination papers shall be received by the Returning Officers ; and

(d) Specify each place mentioned in Column II of the Schedule hereto as the place of nomination for candidatesseeking election in the electoral district mentioned in the corresponding entry in Column I of that Schedule

Speaker to release 19 phone recordings of Ranjan

The Speaker has informed Parliament that 19 telephone recordings of United National Party MP Ranjan Ramanayake would be edited and provided to members of Parliament.
Speaker Karu Jayasuriya made the statement when opening today’s (18) Parliament session this afternoon.
MP Ranjan Ramanayake was arrested by the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) earlier this month for committing a crime in terms of Article 111C (2) of the Constitution by interfering with the functions of judges.
Ramanayake was found to have interfered with the functions of judges after a series of telephone conversations with some prominent figures in the country, including former Director of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) Shani Abeysekera were leaked to the media.
The Colombo Crimes Division launched investigations into the matter and seized from Ramanayake’s residence in Madiwela a number of CDs containing the telephone conversations he had recorded with various individuals.
Some telephone conversations were found to be related to on- going investigations conducted either by the Criminal Investigations Department (CID), Financial Crimes Investigation Division (FCID) or the Bribery Commission.
MP Ramanayake defended his actions stating that the telephone conversations were recorded as part of his efforts to curb corruption and apprehend criminals.
He is currently remanded till February 26, after being produced before the Nugegoda Magistrate’s Court.

Udayanga Weeratunga admitted to Prison Hospital

Sri Lanka’s former Ambassador to Russia Udayanga Weeratunga, who was arrested and remanded yesterday, has been admitted to the prison hospital.
He had reportedly complained of a chest pain and was admitted to the prison hospital.
Weeratunga was arrested by the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) at the Bandaranaike International Airport yesterday, was produced before a Magistrate and remanded till 17 February.
Weeratunga was detained after arriving in Sri Lanka from Muscat, Oman and was questioned by the CID.
He was later produced before the Fort Magistrate who ordered that he be remanded.Weeratunga was wanted on charges of money laundering in the MiG 27 aircraft deal.
A warrant for his arrest was issued on 20 October 2016 and Interpol had also issued a red notice on him.
He has been in the UAE since 2018 and a case was filed seeking his extradition to Sri Lanka to face charges over his involvement in the 2006 purchase of four MiG 27 aircraft for the Sri Lanka Air Force.

වුහාන් සිට පැමිණි සිසුන්ගේ මූලික වෛද්‍ය පරීක්ෂණය අවසන්

චීනයේ වූහාන් නගරයේ සිට මෙරටට පැමිණි සිසුන් පිරිස තවදුරටත් දියතලාව නිරෝධායන ඒකකයේ රඳවා සිටිනවා.

ඔවුන් විශේෂ ගුවන් යානයකින් මෙරටට රැගෙන ආවේ ඊයේ දිනයේදීයි.

වැඩ බලන සෞඛ්‍ය සේවා අධ්‍යක්ෂ ජෙනරාල් වෛද්‍ය ලක්ෂ්මන් ගම්ලත් පැවසුවේ මෙම සිසුන්ගෙන් මේ දක්වා කිසිදු කොරෝනා රෝග ලක්ෂණයක් පෙන්නුම් කර නොමැති බවයි.