Colombo (News1st): Minister Mano Ganesan announced this evening (Feb 1) that an agreement was reached at the meeting chaired by the Prime Minister to temporarily suspend the publication of the gazette notification on the collective agreement which was signed on the daily wage of estate workers. T...

Colombo (News1st): A conference was held in Anuradhapura today (Feb 1) in line with the program initiated to reform the Sri Lanka Freedom party. National Organizer of Sri Lanka Freedom party MP Duminda Dissanayake nominated Maithripala Sirisena as the SLFP candidate for the next presidential elec...

COLOMBO(News 1st) - A proposal that claims the UNP has formed a national government, has been handed over to the General Secretary of Parliament, by the leader of the house Lakshman Kiriella. Minister Lakshman Kiriella noted that the proposal will be taken up to debate on the 7th of February. Min...

Colombo (News1st): The Sri Lankan rupee rose 0.5% yesterday (Jan 31), as foreign investors purchased government securities, while the Fitch Rating agency revised down the forecast for the currency for 2019 and 2020. Fitch Solutions Macro Research, a subsidiary under Fitch Group in a report revise...

COLOMBO(News 1st) - It is reported that there is a shortage of the drug Mycophenolate which is given to patients with kidney conditions. Mycophenolate is prescribed after a kidney transplant. It is absolutely necessary to maintain the health of a patient who has undergone a transplant. Following ...