Colombo (News1st): Minister of Telecommunication, Digital Infrastructure, Foreign Employment, and Sports Harin Fernando stated that there will be several changes made to the Government in the coming days as a number of ministers have received multiple portfolios. While noting that he has multiple...

Colombo (News1st): The cabinet has been limited to 30 ministers. Accordingly, 29 ministers were appointed to the cabinet today (December 20), but none of the SLFP MPs who crossed over received any ministerial portfolios. UPFA MPs A. H. M. Fowzie, Wijith Wijayamuni Zoysa, Piyasena Gamage, Lakshman...

Colombo (News1st): The Ministry of Finance and Mass media issuing a statement said a Vote on Account to cover the expenditures of the first four months of 2019 will be presented to Parliament tomorrow (December 21). It noted that Minister Mangala Samaraweera received the cabinet approval for the ...

Colombo (News1st): Parliamentarian Ranjith Zoysa and three others have been remanded until the 1st of January after being produced before the Pelamadulla Magistrate Court. They were arrested for assaulting a man in Godakawela on the 16th of December....

Reuters-Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday (December 20) that Russian economy can rank fifth in the world in terms of volume and that such a breakthrough would need changing the structure of the country's economy. Speaking at his annual news conference, Putin said that Russia 'need...