Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena suspended Parliament sittings for 10 minutes a short while ago and called for a special party leaders' meeting after heated discussions between government and opposition MPs regarding the Parliament debate on the X-Press Pearl disaster.
The Speaker called a special party leaders' meeting after Justice Minister Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe vehemently objected to the two-day debate, as he again repeated his warnings from yesterday that such a debate could adversely affect Sri Lanka's case filed in Singapore against the vessel's operators and owners.
Minister Rajapakshe insisted that the Speaker give a ruling on whether the debate can go ahead, but warned that he would be boycotting it as he did not wish to be associated with "traitors" who are calling for the debate.
The Committee on High Posts has approved the nomination of Former Air Force Commander Air Chief Marshal (Retd.)
Former Chairman of SriLankan Airlines, Nishantha Wickramasinghe, arrested on allegation of corruption by the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) has been remanded until July 1 by the Colombo Magistrate court.
A Sri Lankan man was apprehended at Suvarnabhumi airport for attempting to smuggle wildlife out of the country after three ball pythons were found hidden in his underwear, the Bangkok post reported.
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