Colombo (News 1st) - Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe and Minister of Education Akila Viraj Kariyawasam are to go ahead with the controversial Tab distribution program among A-level students. The tender process which was awarded to a Sri Lankan company is embroiled in controversy. The tender d...

Colombo (News 1st) - President of the Ceylon Teachers' Union Joseph Stalin raised the questioned what happened to the Rs. 5 Billion allocated in the 2014 Budget to purchase tabs for school children. Stalin stated: "The Auditor General has also questioned this. They claim textbooks are heavy to be ca...

Colombo (News 1st) - Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said at an event that "infrastructure led growth is not sustainable in the long term." He added that this has resulted in an ever-increasing debt service burden. The Prime Minister went on to say: "I have no intention of doing a reform but ...

COLOMBO (News 1st) – Rohana Wijeweera, the founding leader of the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna, has been missing for the past 29 years. Today (June 29) his wife, Srimathee Chithranganee Wijeyweera filed a petition at the Court of appeal demanding the government to produce her husband in court if he ...

COLOMBO (News 1st) - It was revealed at the Presidential Commission today (June 29) that SriLankan Airlines incurred Rs 4.3 million loss due to an amendment to the agreement with Phoenix Duty-Free Services (PDFS). It was also disclosed that almost 02 years after the contract to outsource the enti...