• The price of a bag of cement reduced by a 100 rupees.
• Take necessary steps to obtain the income received through CESS directly to the respective financial institutions – COPF Chair instructs
• The approval of the Committee on Public Finance to increase the amount of benefits given to the Aswesuma beneficiaries.

Member of Parliament (Dr.) Nishantha Samaraweera was unanimously elected as the Chair of the Committee on Public Enterprises (COPE) of Parliament. He was appointed when the Committee on Public Enterprises met in Parliament recently  for the first session of the Tenth Parliament.

The Ambassador of Japan to Sri Lanka, Hon. Isomata Akio, met with the Speaker (Dr.) Jagath Wickramaratne at Parliament recently. The Secretary General of Parliament of Sri Lanka, Mrs. Kushani Rohanadeera, was also present on this occasion.

• The Hon. Speaker also announces in Parliament the re-establishment of two Parliamentary caucuses for the Tenth Parliament

Parliament is scheduled to convene from January 7th to January 10th, 2025. This decision was reached at the Committee on Parliamentary Business held recently (Dec. 31), under the Chairmanship of the Speaker, Hon. (Dr.) Jagath Wickramaratne.

In a statement, the Director of Legislative Services and Director of Communications (Acting) of Parliament, Mr. Jayalath Perera, has emphasized the following points in relation to reports published in the media regarding the title of ‘’Dr.’’ mentioned before the name of the Minister of Justice and National Integration, Attorney-at-Law, Hon. Harshana Nanayakkara, in the directory of Members of Parliament on the Parliament website.

The Secretary-General of Parliament, Mrs. Kushani Rohanadeera, stated that over the past two years, more than 200 Student Parliaments have been conducted to bring Parliament closer to the public. She emphasized the importance of continuing initiatives to increase public awareness about the significance of Parliament in safeguarding the country's democratic framework.