COLOMBO (News 1st):- Development activities of six roads, commenced today (September 1) under the auspices of UNP MP S. M. Marikkar. It included the road opposite the Kolonnawa Balika Vidyalaya as well. Rs. 48 billion has been allocated under the Gamperaliya program, to develop these six roads. S...

COLOMBO (News1st):- Local Government Representatives of the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna met in Colombo today (September 1). The meeting was chaired by the Presidential Candidate of the National People's Power Movement Anura Kumara Dissanayake. A number of Local Government representatives of the JVP al...

COLOMBO (News1 st):- The presidential election, is a topic currently dominating the political arena in Sri Lanka. But when will the presidential election be held? According to the Presidential Elections Act No. 15 of 1981, the Elections Commission is vested with the power to hold the presidential el...

COLOMBO (News 1st):- A pre-school teachers' national conference of the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna was held in Colombo today (September 1). The event was chaired by the presidential candidate of the SLPP Gotabaya Rajapaksa. The event commenced with the arrival of Gotabaya Rajapaksa, at the Sri Lanka...

COLOMBO (News 1st):- A majority of donors of the Kelaniya Rajamaha Viharaya have voted to remove Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe from the position of Chairman of the Board of Donors. The vote was taken following a meeting held this evening (September 1), which was chaired by Venerable Profess...