Colombo (News 1st): Parliamentarian Nalin Bandara spoke about powers that will be vested with Sajith Premadasa when leading the proposed alliance. An agreement has also been reached to nominate Sajith Premadasa as the Prime Ministerial candidate in addition to vesting him with the powers to appoi...

Colombo (News 1st): The Podujana Eksath Perumana convened last night (Jan 30), and decided to amend its party constitution. The decision to amend the constitution targets their objective to form an alliance with the SLPP. The Podu Jana Eksath Peramuna that convened last evening under the auspices...

Colombo (News 1st): Senior Economist H.D. Karunaratne says that democracy in Sri Lanka will not assist in developing the country and regular elections will hinder the consistency in the economy. A public lecture titled "Entrepreneurial Thinking & Public Sector Reforms - the Way Forward'' was hel...

Colombo (News 1st): Protests were held opposite the Presidential Secretariat based on several demands. The protests concluded following talks with the President's Secretary and representatives of the Prime Minister's Office. A group of individuals claiming to have been sacked from the Department ...

Colombo (News 1st): An aircraft left Sri Lanka this evening, to repatriate 33 Sri Lankan students trapped in Wuhan, China which is in lockdown since the first case of the Corona virus outbreak was reported.  Speaking to News 1st, a source from SriLankan Airlines said UL 1422 was dispatched to Wuhan,...