Tag: Parliament

9th Parliament summoned for inaugural sitting

9th Parliament summoned for inaugural sitting

Aug 14, 2020

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) -  President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has issued an Extraordinary Gazette summoning the new Parliament. Accordingly, a Presidential Proclamation ... Read More

PM registers with online portal of Parliament

PM registers with online portal of Parliament

Aug 11, 2020

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa has submitted his personal details to the Parliament Secretariat through the Online ... Read More

Eight females elected to the ninth Parliament

Eight females elected to the ninth Parliament

Aug 7, 2020

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Eight females have been elected to the ninth Parliament at the 2020 General Election. Three of ... Read More

Health guidelines for Parliament to be issued

Health guidelines for Parliament to be issued

Jul 31, 2020

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - A set of guidelines, which include new health and safety measures which must be adhered to ... Read More

Malay Parliament reconvenes, COVID-19 bill may be tabled

Malay Parliament reconvenes, COVID-19 bill may be tabled

Jul 13, 2020

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Malaysia's lower house of Parliament reconvened on Monday for its third session of the year as ... Read More

Use vote for a clean Parliament -AKD

Use vote for a clean Parliament -AKD

Jul 6, 2020

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Leader of the National People’s Power Anura Kumara Dissanayake has urged the public to use their ... Read More

New Tunisia government wins confidence vote in parliament

New Tunisia government wins confidence vote in parliament

Feb 27, 2020

(FASTNEWS | TUNIS) - Tunisia’s new government won a confidence vote in parliament on Thursday, after more than four months ... Read More

COPA report for 2018 presented in Parliament

COPA report for 2018 presented in Parliament

Feb 18, 2020

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - The report by the Committee on Public Accounts on 844 state institutions, Provincial Councils and Local ... Read More

No issue with closing down parliament for 2-3 years – Vidura

No issue with closing down parliament for 2-3 years – Vidura

Feb 13, 2020

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - There will be no issue with the closure of a Parliament that does not have respect ... Read More

Poland judges: Parliament and Supreme Court issue rival rulings

Poland judges: Parliament and Supreme Court issue rival rulings

Jan 24, 2020

(FASTNEWS | POLAND) - Tensions over Poland's judicial reforms have deepened after the top court and politicians issued rival orders. ... Read More

Forensic audit report on Bond Scam will be tabled in Parliament – Speaker

Forensic audit report on Bond Scam will be tabled in Parliament – Speaker

Jan 21, 2020

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Speaker Karu Jayasuriya has said that the forensic audit report on the Central Bank bond scam ... Read More

Parliament likely to be dissolved on March 2

Parliament likely to be dissolved on March 2

Jan 18, 2020

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Parliament is likely to be dissolved on March 2 so that the general elections can be ... Read More

Venezuela opposition convoy attacked outside parliament

Venezuela opposition convoy attacked outside parliament

Jan 16, 2020

(FASTNEWS | Caracas) - Pro-government groups in Venezuela have attacked a convoy of opposition lawmakers outside the parliament building in ... Read More

President hints at date of parliament dissolution

President hints at date of parliament dissolution

Dec 20, 2019

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - President Gotabaya Rajapaksa stated that the 19th Amendment to the Constitution was a grave mistake and ... Read More

Citizenship Amendment Bill: India parliament approves controversial law

Citizenship Amendment Bill: India parliament approves controversial law

Dec 12, 2019

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - India's parliament has approved a bill that grants citizenship to non-Muslim illegal immigrants from Afghanistan, Bangladesh ... Read More