State Minister Hon. Lasantha Alagiyawanna, was elected as the new Chair of the Committee on Public Accounts (COPA) with a majority of votes. He was elected at the first meeting of the Committee on Public Accounts held (Feb-24) for the Fourth Session of the Ninth Parliament.

Showers or thundershowers will occur at a few places in Sabaragamuwa province and in Kalutara, Galle and Matara districts during the afternoon or night.

Commencing a new chapter in military medicine, a separate unit would be established to send military personnel overseas to help out at the times of health disasters, said President Ranil Wickremesinghe on Friday evening (24).

Parliamentarian Hon. Chandima Weerakkody was elected Feb- (23) as the President of the Sri Lanka - USA Parliamentary Friendship Associatio