COLOMBO (News 1st) - Two people were injured following an accidental discharge of a Police Officer's firearm in Akkarai-Pattu this morning (November 27). The Police Media Unit said the incident had taken place when the Police were carrying out a special night-time operation in the area. The polic...

COLOMBO (News 1st) - UPFA MP Nimal Siripala De Silva stated that the governing party boycotted parliament in response to the Speaker's bias. MP's representing the government have signed a document that states that the parliamentary sessions on the 14th, 15th, 16th, 19th and the 23rd is against pa...

COLOMBO (News 1st) - Teak wood valued at over Rs. 1.5 Million has been seized by the police in Kandurugoda Wiloya in Athimale. The arrest was made following a tipoff to the STF of the Siyambalanduwa police. The raid was conducted jointly by the officers of the special task force and the Athimale ...

1.30 pm - MP Ranjith Maddumbandara calls for an investigation on the Director of the Anti-Corruption movement Namal Kumara. 1.18 pm - In a press conference organized by the ruling party within the parliamentary premises, UPFA MP Nimal Siripala Silva has stated that they decided to boycott parliam...

COLOMBO (News 1st) - The case filed against Former Defense Secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa and six others over the misappropriation of Rs. 39 million in public funds for the construction of D.A. Rajapaksa Memorial was postponed to the 04th of December. The case was taken up at the Permanent High Cou...