COLOMBO (News1st): A proposal will be submitted for cabinet approval on Monday to expedite arrangements for the provincial polls, provincial councils minister Janaka Bandara Thennakoon has said. He had made these remarks during a Women's Convention of the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna in Dambulla. ...

COLOMBO (News1st): The public can file complaints on lawbreakers through the 118 hotline, public security ministry Sarath Weerasekera has said. The retired Rear Admiral warned that wrongdoers would face serious consequences and would have their identities exposed through the media....

COLOMBO (News1st): The justice ministry has said that it hopes to establish 100 new courtrooms to expedite hearings from next year. Legal proceedings of around 800,000 pending cases are to be accelerated by the move, the ministry noted. It said that the number of judges required for this purpo...

COLOMBO (News1st): Sri Lanka's newly-appointed national election commission will meet for the first time on December 17, polls chief Nimal Punchihewa said. Punchihewa, a lawyer by profession, noted that special attention will be paid to the current election system and the amendment of election la...

COLOMBO (News1st): The Presidential Commission of Inquiry probing last year's April 21 attacks is expected to conclude hearing evidence by next Tuesday. Its secretary H.M.K. Herath said the commission's report is under preparation and that it will be submitted to the President upon completion. ...