Colombo (News1st): President Maithripala Sirisena has instructed all ministry secretaries to ensure the uninterrupted function of public service without any hindrance. Secretaries of all ministries were summoned to the Presidential Secretariat today (December 4). The meeting was convened to instr...

Colombo (News1st): JVP Leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake has called on the President to immediately withdraw the Gazette on the dissolution of Parliament. He noted that the president must take up the task of handing over government to the group that commands a majority in Parliament. "We will no...

Colombo (News1st): Mahinda Rajapaksa has filed an appeal with the Supreme Court against the interim order issued by the court of appeal restraining the respondent from functioning as the Prime Minister and Cabinet Ministers, deputy ministers and State Ministers....

Colombo (News1st): Beneficial owner of  PTL Arjun Aloysius & its CEO Kasun Palisena were further remanded until the 18th of December when the case on the Central Bank Treasury Bond Scam was taken up in court today (December 4). The Chief Magistrate ordered the Attorney General to file written...

COLOMBO (News 1st) - UPFA Western Provincial Councilors Nauzer Fowzie and Keerthi Kariyawasam have crossed over to the opposition extending their support to the UNP. Kariyawasam said that due to the alliances and policies followed by the present administration that he has taken the decision to th...