COLOMBO (News1st): Six suspects have been arrested for causing damages to a forest in Kantale following a News1st revelation on Monday. News1st reported how several acres had been cleared in the Kinniya area in the Trincomalee district, by cutting down at least 1000 trees. Police had arrested ...

COLOMBO (News1st): The legality of the president's statement stating that his verbal orders would be considered as circulars must be studied, joint cabinet spokesman Udaya Gammanpila said. "This is a new concept, the president presented this concept and now it is the duty of the lawyers to ascert...

COLOMBO (News1st): Parliamentarian Imthiaz Bakeer Markar has raised questions on the entity that has exerted influence over presenting the 20th amendment in parliament without making revisions. Markar pointed out that Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa had appointed a committee to study the 20th am...

Colombo (News 1st);  Venerable (Professor) Medagoda Abhayatissa Thero says the Provincial Council system, which has met its end, should not be revived. Further, he questioned the right of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to dictate terms with regard to the implementation of the 13th Amendment ...

Colombo (News 1st);  Anura Lewke, the owner of the five-storey building in Buwelikada, Kandy which collapsed recently, was remanded until the 13th of October by the Kandy Magistrate's Court on Tuesday (29). He was summoned to Police this morning and was thereafter arrested. Three people died i...