COLOMBO (News 1st); If an election is held, it will be free and fair only if there is an environment to support that, says the Chairman of the Elections Commission, Attorney-at-Law Nimal G. Punchihewa. The ECSL Chairman further stated that although the commission currently has only Rs. 5 billion ...

COLOMBO (News 1st); The Sri Lanka Electricity (Amendment) Bill taken up for the second reading, was passed in Parliament on Thursday (9). The vote result is as follows : In Favor: 120 Against: 36 Abstentions: 13 However, on Wednesday (8) the Ceylon Electricity Board Engineers Union veheme...

The Chairman of the Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka, Janaka Rathnayake said that a written complaint has been received from the Irrigation Department about the engineers belonging to the CEB Engineers union having taken measures to halt hydro power generation. Accordingly, the engineers ...

COLOMBO (News 1st); The Consumer Affairs Authority has requested the public not to stockpile rice in an unnecessary manner, and only to purchase the daily requirement.  The CAA, in a press release, states that according to statistics, there is NO rice shortage in Sri Lanka at present. Moreover, i...

COLOMBO (News 1st); The Minister of Health, Keheliya Rambukwella says that effective immediately, the mask mandate which was imposed for outdoor and indoor spaces in Sri Lanka has been lifted. "It is no longer mandatory wear a face mask for indoor and outdoor spaces," he tweeted. According to ...