The Select Committee of Parliament to Identify Appropriate Reforms of the Election Laws and the Electoral System and to Recommend Necessary Amendments took into discussion with regards to holding local government elections under a mixed system of the first past the post and proportional representative system.

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Minister of Plantation, Hon. (Dr.) Ramesh Pathirana addressing the Ministerial Consultative Committee on Plantation yesterday (10) stated that his Ministry is ready to expedite the implementation of an integrated nutrient management program for the development of the tea industry in the face of existing challenges.

MP, Prof. Charitha Herath was elected as the Chairman of the Committee on Public Enterprises (COPE) for the Second Session of the ninth Parliament. Prof. Herath’s name was proposed by Minister Sarath Weerasekara and seconded by MP Susil Premjayanth at its inaugural committee meeting of the second session of ninth Parliament held yesterday (10) at the Parliament premises.