Mr. Speaker - The Hon. (Dr.) Jagath Wickramaratne

¶ 01 Announcements

¶ 02 Joint Special General Meeting of Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (Sri Lanka Branch), Inter-Parliamentary Union (Sri Lanka Group) and SAARC Parliamentarians’ Association (Sri Lanka Branch)

¶ 03 All Hon. Members are requested to attend the Joint Special General Meeting of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (Sri Lanka Branch), the Inter-Parliamentary Union (Sri Lanka Group) and the SAARC Parliamentarians’ Association (Sri Lanka Branch) to be held today, Thursday, 21st May 2026, at 4.00 p.m. in Committee Room No. 1 of Parliament.

¶ 04 Papers Presented

¶ 05 Ordered to lie upon the Table: - Regulations published in Extraordinary Gazette No. 2455/07 of 22.09.2025 made by the Minister of Education, Higher Education and Vocational Education under Section 27(1)(a) read with Section 25A of the Universities Act, No. 16 of 1978, relating to degrees awarded by National School of Business Management (Guarantee) Limited. - Regulations published in Extraordinary Gazette No. 2455/08 of 22.09.2025 made by the Minister of Education, Higher Education and Vocational Education under Section 27(1)(a) read with Section 25A of the Universities Act, relating to degrees awarded by Nagananda International Institute for Buddhist Studies (Pvt) Ltd. - Regulations published in Extraordinary Gazette No. 2458/12 of 13.10.2025 made by the Minister of Education, Higher Education and Vocational Education under Section 27(1)(a) read with Section 25A of the Universities Act, relating to CINEX Campus.

¶ 06 Ministerial Consultative Committee Reports

¶ 07 Ordered to lie upon the Table.

¶ 08 Public Finance Committee Report

¶ 09 Ordered to lie upon the Table.

¶ 10 Petitions

¶ 11 Petitions ordered to be referred to the Committee on Public Petitions.

¶ 12 Oral Answers to Questions

¶ 13 Question No. 1 - 746/2025(1), Hon. (Dr.) Kavinda Heshan Jayawardhana.

¶ 14 Question ordered to stand down.

¶ 15 Question No. 2 - 773/2025(1), Hon. Hector Appuhami —