The Hon. (Dr.) Jagath Wickramaratne, the Speaker took the Chair.
Announcements by the Speaker
1 : Appointment of Special Committee to investigate and report regarding the conduct of the Hon. Member of Parliament Dayasiri Jayasekara, Attorney at Law
2 : Meeting of the Committee on Parliamentary Business
3 : A Seminar for Members of Sectoral Oversight Committees
Presentation of Papers
Financial Statements and Operations of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka for the year 2024
Presentation of Reports from the Committees
The Report of the Committee on Public Finance was presented by the Hon. (Dr.) Harsha de Silva, the Chair of the Committee.
Presentation of Petitions
(i) The Hon. (Prof.) A.H.M.H. Abayarathna, Member of Parliament
(ii) The Hon. (Dr.) Namal Sudarshana, Member of Parliament - Two Petitions
(iii) The Hon. Ravi Karunanayake, Member of Parliament
(iv) The Hon. Waruna Liyanage, Member of Parliament
(v) The Hon. Ajith Gihan, Member of Parliament
(vi) The Hon. Chandana Thennakoon, Member of Parliament - Two Petitions
(vii) The Hon. Dharmapriya Dissanayake, Member of Parliament - Three Petitions
(viii) The Hon. (Dr.) Nishantha Samaraweera, Member of Parliament
(Petitions stand referred to the Committee on Public Petitions)
Questions under Standing Order 27(2) of the Parliament
(i) The Hon. Sajith Premadasa
Issues regarding IMF agreement and repayment of foreign debt
(ii) The Hon. (Dr.) Ramanathan Archchuna
Issues regarding salt production and Elephant Pass saltern
Presentation of Bills
The Hon. Minister of Energy moved the Bill entitled
“Sri Lanka Electricity (Amendment)”
to amend the Sri Lanka Electricity Act, No. 36 of 2024.
Main Business of the House for Today
The following Bills (appearing as Item Nos. 1 and 2 of today’s Order Paper) were moved by the House. Only Item No. 2 was passed by the House.:-
(i) Code of Criminal Procedure (Amendment)
(ii) Foreign Loans (Repeal)
Questions at the Adjournment Time
Two Questions were asked by following Members of Parliament:-
(i) The Hon. Upul Kithsiri
(ii) The Hon. M. Nizam Kariapper, PC
The Parliament was, thereafter adjourned at 1644 Hrs. until 0930 Hrs. on Tuesday 3rd June 2025.
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