The Hon. (Dr.) Jagath Wickramaratne, the Speaker took the Chair.
Announcements by the Speaker
1 : Endorsement of the certificate on Bills under Article 79 of the Constitution
2 : Question of privilege raised by the Hon. (Mrs.) Chamindranee Kiriella, Attorney at Law, M.P.
3 : Navarathri Festival in Parliament
Presentation of Papers
(i) Order made by the Minister of Education, Higher Education and Vocational Education under Section 27(1)(b) read with Section 25A of the Universities Act, No. 16 of 1978 with regard to the Bachelor of Science Honours in Counselling Psychology Degree awarded by Benedict XVI Catholic International Institute of Higher Education and published in the Gazette Extraordinary No. 2438/26 of 28th May 2025
(ii) Order made by the Minister of Education, Higher Education and Vocational Education under Section 27(1)(b) read with Section 25A of the Universities Act, No. 16 of 1978 with regard to the Bachelor of Science Honours in Computer Science in Network Security and Forensics Degree awarded by CINEC Campus (Private) Limited and published in the Gazette Extraordinary No. 2441/15 of 18th June 2025
(iii) Order made by the Minister of Education, Higher Education and Vocational Education under Section 25A of the Universities Act, No. 16 of 1978 with regard to the Bachelor of Science (Honours) in Information Technology and Bachelor of Business Administration Honours Degrees awarded by Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology (Guarantee) Limited - Kandy branch and published in the Gazette Extraordinary No. 2441/16 of 18th June 2025
(iv) Order made by the Minister of Education, Higher Education and Vocational Education under Section 25A of the Universities Act, No. 16 of 1978 with regard to the Bachelor of Science (Honours) in Information Technology and Bachelor of Business Administration Honours Degrees awarded by Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology (Guarantee) Limited - Jaffna branch and published in the Gazette Extraordinary No. 2441/17 of 18th June 2025
Presentation of Reports from the Committees
(i) The Report of the Committee on Public Finance was presented by the Hon. Ravi Karunanayake, member of the Committee on behalf of the Chair of the Committee.
(ii) The Report of the Sectoral Oversight Committee on Environment, Agriculture and Resource Sustainability was presented by the Hon. Hector Appuhamy, Member of Parliament, the Chair of the Committee.
Presentation of Petitions
(i) The Hon. Wasantha Samarasinghe, Member of Parliament
(ii) The Hon. Gayantha Karunathilleka, Member of Parliament
(iii) The Hon. Nandana Pathmakumara, Member of Parliament
(iv) The Hon. Nanda Bandara, Member of Parliament
(v) The Hon. Ravindra Bandara, Member of Parliament
(vi) The Hon. Priyantha Wijerathna, Attorney at Law, Member of Parliament
(vii) The Hon. Jagath Vithana, Member of Parliament
(viii) The Hon. Thilina Samarakoon, Member of Parliament
(Petitions stand referred to the Committee on Public Petitions)
Questions to be asked from the Prime Minister
(i) The Hon. (Mrs.) Hasara Liyanage, Attorney at Law, Member of Parliament
(ii) The Hon. Darmapriya Wijesinghe, Member of Parliament
(iii) The Hon. (Dr.) Kavinda Heshan Jayawardhana, Member of Parliament
(iv) The Hon. Shanakiyan Rajaputhiran Rasamanickam, Member of Parliament
Questions under Standing Order 27(2) of the Parliament
(i) The Hon. Ravi Karunanayake
Eradication of Drugs and Narcotics in Sri Lanka
(ii) The Hon. K. Kader Masthan
Threat to state security, etc. due to not issuing of vehicle Number Plates
The Hon. Minister of Transport, Highways, Ports and Civil Aviation replied to the above Question.
Ministerial Statements
(i) Hon. Dr. Harini Amarasuriya, Prime Minister and Minister of Education, Higher Education and Vocational Education replied to the Question raised by the Hon. Ravi Karunanayake under the Standing Order 27(2) of the Parliament on 22.08.2025 regarding details of migrated state university graduates.
(ii) Hon. Bimal Rathnayake, Minister of Transport, Highways, Ports and Civil Aviation replied to the Question raised by the Hon. Sivagnanam Shritharan under the Standing Order 27(2) of the Parliament on 23.07.2025 regarding development of Kankesanthurai port.
(iii) Hon. (Prof.) A.H.M.H. Abayarathna, Minister of Public Administration, Provincial Councils and Local Government replied to the Question raised by the Hon. K. Kader Masthan under the Standing Order 27(2) of the Parliament on 11.07.2025 regarding issues in government translators’ service.
Main Business of the House for Today
Supplementary Sum — Head 117 — Programme 02 (appearing as Item No. 1 of today’s Order Paper)
was approved by the House.
Motion at the Adjournment Time
Motion at the Adjournment Time on “Release of lands acquired by Sri Lanka ports authority in Trincomalee to people” was proposed by the Hon. Roshan Akmeemana, Member of Parliament.
The Parliament was, thereafter adjourned at 1735 Hrs. until 0930 Hrs. on Thursday 9th October 2025.
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