Switch off mobiles, Speaker tells members
Speaker Chamal Rajapaksa yesterday instructed
members to refrain from using mobile phones inside the House. He
made this observation when Plantation Industries Minister Mahinda
Samarasinghe was responding to a question raised by UNP MP Dayasiri
Jayasekera during the round of questions for oral answers.
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Black tea not on imports list
The government maintains a firm policy of not
permitting the import of black tea, Plantation Industries Minister
Mahinda Samarasinghe told Parliament yesterday. He made this
observation in response to a question raised by UNP MP Dayasiri
Jayasekera during the round of questions for oral answers.
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PARLIAMENT
‘Budget focuses on holistic development’
Speaker Chamal Rajapaksa presided when
Parliament met at 9.30 a.m. yesterday. After presentation of papers
and oral questions, the House took up the second reading of the
Appropriation Bill for the third day.
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