Passenger Transport Management and Power and Energy Minister Mahinda Amaraweera said yesterday that people whom he had met at the Werahera office branch of the Department of Motor Traffic had told him that the customer service at the branch has now been streamlined following the sudden inspection tour by President Gotabaya Rajapaksa two weeks ago.

Parliamentarian Ven. Athuraliye Rathana Thera today presented a bill calling for repeal of the Muslim Marriage and Divorce Act (MMDA), No 13 of 1951.

The United National Party has requested the appointment of a Parliament Select Committee into the alleged controversial recordings of phone calls of Parliamentarian Ranjan Ramanayake.

UNP Member of Parliament Ranjan Ramanayake yesterday said it is questionable as to how the copies of CDs seized from him went into the hands of third parties.

An overseas travel ban has been imposed on former Director of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) Shani Abeysekara by the Nugegoda Magistrate’s Court.

United People’s Freedom Alliance (UPFA) Parliamentarian Namal Rajapaksa yesterday (7) alleged that former MP Duminda Silva who is convicted for the murder of former MP Bharatha Lakshman Premachandra was given the death sentence in an unfair manner.

Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa assured support of all MPs to the government if it fulfils all the pledges in the policy statement by President Gotabaya Rajapaksa ‘Vision of Prosperity and Splendour’.

UNP leader Ranil Wickremesinghe yesterday told Parliament that he had never conspired to kill any MP.

Former Director of the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) SSP Shani Abeysekara has been interdicted, the Police Media Division said.

A 24-hour special operations centre has been established at the Police Special Task Force headquarters in Bauddhaloka Mawatha to ensure national security and public order.

Former MP Sarana Gunawardena has been sentenced to three years of imprisonment in connection with charges related to misuse of state property.

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa directed officials to grant approval for properly prepared housing and small-scale business construction plans within a day.

Recordings found in the possession of MP Ranjan Ramanayake, had contained telephone conversations between him and Judges, CID heads and senior officers, regarding Court proceedings and promotions for Judges. This was revealed at several Media briefings held yesterday (6).

State Minister Rohitha Abeygunawardena yesterday said that attempts by UNP MP Ranjan Ramanayake, former CID Director Shani Abeysekara and several senior state officials to harass and arrest members of the Mahinda Rajapaksa administration had now been revealed.