Chamal Jayantha Rajapaksa

Type: Person

Name: Chamal Jayantha Rajapaksa

First reported May 22 2013 - Updated May 22 2013 - 1 reports

All MPs requested to be present for Thai PMs address to parliament

Speaker Chamal Rajapaksa has requested all MPs to be present in Parliament when Thailand’s Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra addresses the House on May 31.The request from the Speaker was read to the House by Deputy Speaker Chandima Weerakkody yeste ... [Published Sri Lanka Island - May 22 2013]

Entities: Chamal Jayantha Rajapaksa, Yingluck Shinawatra, Security

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated May 21 2013 - 1 reports

Nimal Siripala De Silva

Thai PM to address Lankan Parliament on May 31

Thailand’s Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra is scheduled to address the Sri Lankan Parliament on May 31.Prime Minister Shinawatra is scheduled to arrive in the country on May 30 on an official tour and she will be the third female state leader to address ... [Published Sri Lanka Island - May 21 2013]

Entities: Yingluck Shinawatra, Chamal Jayantha Rajapaksa, Nimal Siripala De Silva, Ranil Wickremesinghe, Thailand

First reported May 11 2013 - Updated May 11 2013 - 1 reports

Parliament of India

Outgoing Indian HC meets Speaker

High Commissioner of India Ashok K. Kantha had a farewell meeting with Speaker Chamal Rajapaksa at the Parliament last week.The outgoing High Commissioner thanked the Speaker for extending his unstinted support for the furtherance of India-Sri Lanka ... [Published Sunday Observer - May 11 2013]

Entities: Chamal Jayantha Rajapaksa, Ashok K Kantha, Parliament of India

First reported May 11 2013 - Updated May 11 2013 - 1 reports

House of Commons of the United Kingdom

Report awaited to telecast live parliamentary proceedings

by Deputy Speaker Chandima Weerakkody said they were waiting for the outcome of the report of the committee appointed to telecast live proceedings of Parliament.There are a few issues pertaining to this live coverage, he said.The financial constraint ... [Published Sunday Observer - May 11 2013]

Entities: Chamal Jayantha Rajapaksa, House of Commons of the United Kingdom, Nimal Siripala De Silva

First reported May 10 2013 - Updated May 10 2013 - 1 reports

United National Party

Absence of legislators become problem again in Sri Lanka parliament

* May 10, Colombo: The chair of Sri Lanka parliament today focused attention on the absence of legislators in the House to ask and answer the questions raised on the floor by other legislators.Deputy Speaker of parliament Chandima Weerakkody said that ... [Published Colombo Page - May 10 2013]

Entities: Sri Lanka, Chamal Jayantha Rajapaksa, Kurunegala (Sri Lanka), United National Party

First reported May 10 2013 - Updated May 10 2013 - 1 reports

Classes for MPs on parliamentary procedures

(Colombo-Lankapuvath) Speaker Chamal Rajapaksa has decided to conduct classes on Parliamentary Standing Privileges and Standing Orders to all Members of Parliament.He is of the view that if MPs were aware of such procedure more discipline and decorum ... [Published Lankapuvath - May 10 2013]

Entities: Chamal Jayantha Rajapaksa

First reported May 10 2013 - Updated May 10 2013 - 1 reports

Ranil Wickremesinghe

Ranil seeks parliament approval to visit Salley

Opposition Leader Ranil Wickremesinghe sought the approval of Parliament yesterday to visit Colombo Municipal Councillor Azath Salley, who is detained under the provisions of Prevention of Terrorism Act.The UNP Leader said that Salley’s family members ... [Published Sri Lanka Island - May 10 2013]

Entities: Chamal Jayantha Rajapaksa, Ranil Wickremesinghe, Prevention of Terrorism Act

First reported May 09 2013 - Updated May 09 2013 - 1 reports

Chemically ripening of fruits goes on despite ban

Use of Carbide gas to ripen fruits artificially continues at an alarming rate, despite the recent bans, Agriculture Minister Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena told Parliament yesterday.Fruit sellers use the chemicals to ripen fruits and too much of chemicals would ... [Published Sri Lanka Island - May 09 2013]

Entities: Fruit, Chemical, Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena, Chamal Jayantha Rajapaksa, Concession

First reported May 09 2013 - Updated May 09 2013 - 2 reports

Speaker wants to conduct special classes for MPs

Speaker Chamal Rajapaksa yesterday told Parliament that he would conduct a special class for the MPs to teach them how to raise privilege issues and supplementary questions.The Speaker said that the MPs were expected to maintain the dignity and decorum ... [Published Sri Lanka Island - May 09 2013]

Entities: Chamal Jayantha Rajapaksa

First reported May 06 2013 - Updated May 07 2013 - 2 reports

Live airing of House proceedings will show up MPs - Speaker

Parliament is keen to facilitate live broadcasts of Parliament proceedings with the intention of building a close relationship between Parliament and the people, Speaker Chamal Rajapaksa said.Addressing a workshop on 'Parliament and the Press; Building ... [Published Sri Lanka Daily News - May 07 2013]

Entities: Nimal Siripala De Silva, Dinesh Gunawardena, Chamal Jayantha Rajapaksa, Ranil Wickremesinghe

First reported Apr 30 2013 - Updated Apr 30 2013 - 1 reports

New hospital to be built in Sri Lanka's southern port city with Dutch assistance

* Apr 30, Colombo: Sri Lanka's Ministry of Health will start construction next month to build a new state-of-the-art general hospital in the southern port city of Hambantota.The 650-bed hospital will be built at a cost of Rs. 7 billion with the financial ... [Published Colombo Page - Apr 30 2013]

Entities: Hambantota (Sri Lanka), Sri Lanka, Ministry of Health, Chamal Jayantha Rajapaksa, Nuwara Eliya (Sri Lanka)

First reported Apr 25 2013 - Updated Apr 25 2013 - 1 reports

Largest green turf in Ruhuna

(Colombo Lankapuvath) Plans are mooted to have the largest green turf in Ruhuna,Amarapura in an area of 4000 acres.This is being designed on a concept by Speaker,Chamal Rajapaksa.This plan is assisted by the Animal Husbandry and agriculture sectors.The ... [Published Lankapuvath - Apr 25 2013]

Entities: Chamal Jayantha Rajapaksa, Agriculture, Colombo (Sri Lanka)

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