COLOMBO (News 1st); The protest which was carried out by the people at Mirihana yesterday (31) was infiltrated by those who came with the man who actually set fire to a bus during the protest, alleges Samagi Jana Balawegaya MP Manusha Nanayakkara.  Speaking during a press conference today (01), t...

COLOMBO (News 1st); Sri Lankan Government Ministers have referred to those who incited violence during the Mirihana Protests as political extremists and not religious extremists. Ministers Prasanna Ranatunga, Dilum Amunugama, and Keheliya Rambukwella spoke to the media on Friday (1) to respond to...

COLOMBO (News 1st); The largest stock of cigarettes smuggled into the country by fraudulenty releasing them via customs was seized by the STF recently. According to information received by the STF Organized Crime Prevention personnel, OIC of Organized Crime Unit R.A.K. Dissanayake, including a te...

COLOMBO (News 1st); A group of people who were protesting at the Moratuwa Junction completely obstructing the Galle Road, have moved out of the road, according to reports received by News 1st correspondents.  The mass protest which was initiated this morning by carpenters, fishermen and businessm...

COLOMBO (News 1st); A crowd was seen engaged in a protest against a New Year festival held at Carlton Pre-School in Nuwara Eliya today (01). Meanwhile, the inaugural ceremony of the Nuwara Eliya Wasantha Senakeliya held under the patronage of the Mayor of Nuwara Eliya was also received with much ...