PARLIAMENT
‘Seven amendment Bills aim at economic development’
Speaker Chamal Rajapaksa presided when
parliament met yesterday at 9.30 am. After the presentation of
papers and oral questions, the House took up the Value Added Tax
(Amendment) Bill, Nation Building Tax (Amendment) Bill, Finance
Bill, Betting and Gaming Levy (Amendment) Bill, Tax Appeal
Commission (Amendment) Bill, Fiscal Management (Responsibility)
(Amendment) Bill and Strategic Development Projects (Amendment) Bill
for debate.
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TNA should support resettle Muslims - PM
The Tamil National Alliance and other Tamil
political parties that kept silent when the LTTE violated the rights
of Muslims should support resettle 80,000 Muslims who were chased
away from the North by the LTTE rather than shedding crocodile
tears, said Prime Minister D M Jayaratne.
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