by Kelum Bandara in Daily Mirror, Oct 9, 2023Emboldened by the Supreme Court ruling that upheld the expulsion of Nazeer Ahamed from the Sri Lanka Muslim Congress (SLMC) leading to the termination of his parliamentary seat, the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) said it would seriously consider similar disciplinary action against around 25 of its MPs who broke ranks with it, a party official said. The Supreme Court ruled in favour of the decision by…
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by Shamindra Ferdinando in The Island, Sept 25, 2023Controversy surrounds an alleged suggestion by the US that Parliament name a member from a minority community to represent the Parliamentary Oversight Committee on National Security, as incumbent Chairman of the committee Rear Admiral (retd.) Sarath Weerasekera, MP, cannot be issued a visa in time for him to join a parliamentary delegation visiting Washington later next month. The National Democratic Institute (NDI) has, with USAID funding, organised…
report in Dhaka Tribune online, Sept 21, 2023The European Union may not send an observer team to the upcoming national parliamentary polls in Bangladesh which is likely to be held in January. A senior EU official in Dhaka disclosed the information to Dhaka Tribune on Thursday. He said the decision was taken by the European Union based on the report prepared by their pre-monitoring team. The EU has already informed the Bangladesh government. An official…
report in Nepalnews.com, Aug 16, 2023Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal has said that attempts are ongoing to create rift in the ruling alliance and that are exhibited through the activities carried out against the government and the disruptions in the parliamentary business. At a meeting with the editors of the major media outlets on Tuesday, the PM said, “I have realized this in the recent time. But I think there is no unease in the…
report in Prothom Alo, Aug 4, 2023The recent recommendations made by India’s parliamentary standing committee to initiate a meaningful dialogue with Bangladesh regarding Teesta water sharing agreement has generated hope in Dhaka. “It is surely encouraging and meaningful, especially when MPs from all political parties of India are there in this committee. That is why such a recommendation generated hope among us,” foreign ministry spokesperson Seheli Sabrin made the remark while speaking to the newspersons…
report in Nepalnews.com July 15, 2023 at 13:33 hrsNepali Congress (NC) General-Secretary Gagan Kumar Thapa said he would continuously put an effort towards changing the party’s parliamentary leader. Talking to media persons at Biratnagar Airport in Morang today, General-Secretary Thapa argued that the effort to change the party’s parliamentary would be meaningful provided there was support of friends in the party. If their number would meet the criteria to change the leader, it would be…
by Ajith Siriwardana in Daily Mirror online June 14, 2023 at 01:45 pm –A Parliamentary Committee has revealed that the congestion in prisons has increased up to 259 percent, where 26,791 inmates are occupying the prisons at present whereas all the prisons in the country could accommodate only 11,762 inmates. It was revealed at the Committee on Public Accounts (COPA) which met at the Parliament Complex recently that in some prisons, the congestion has gone…
By Nishan Khatiwada in The Kathmandu Post, May 25, 2023Madhesh politics is simmering. Discontent has grown within the ruling coalition about the Madhesh government’s expansion. CPN (Maoist Centre), Janamat Party, and Loktantrik Samajbadi Party have been saying that their members have not been fairly represented in power-sharing arrangements. The parliamentary party of the Maoist Centre has even decided to recall its two ministers from the Madhesh Cabinet. Only the Nepali Congress and CPN (Unified Socialist)…
By Shamindra Ferdinando in The Island, Apr 3, 2023Amidst ongoing protests against the Wickremesinghe-Rajapaksa government’s controversial tax regime, which is expected to meet revenue targets set by the IMF, Parliament has revealed that the Inland Revenue Department, Customs and Excise Department disregarded a specific directive issued by parliamentary watchdog COPA (Committee on Public Accounts) way back in 2016 to enhance revenue collection. This was revealed at a meeting jointly chaired by Chairman COPA State Minister…
by Nishan Khatiwada in The Kathmandu Post, Feb 10, 2023In what is a major blow to the ruling coalition, Nepali Congress provincial parliamentary party leader Kamal Bahadur Shah was appointed chief minister of Sudurpaschim Province on Thursday. Provincial head Devraj Joshi appointed Shah as chief minister after the incumbent, Rajendra Singh Rawal of the CPN-UML, failed to secure the confidence of the provincial assembly earlier in the day. “As the number of lawmakers saying ‘no’…