By Yohan Perera  

Parliament has decided to call for applications from suitable youth to function as members of selected sectoral oversight committees, a statement from the House said. 

 The decision to call up applications from youth members following the approval received to appoint sectoral oversight committee on religious affairs and co-existence, committee on reconciliation and unity, oversight committee on national security, committee on national economic affairs and Fiscal policy, committee on international relations, committee on increasing export of goods and services, committee on alleviating impact on the economic crisis, committee on energy and transport, committee on food security and agriculture, committee on environment, natural resources, committee on education, committee on foreign employment and labour, committee on health, committee on women and gender and committee on government accountability.