COLOMBO (News 1st) - A parliamentary debate seeking the 22nd Amendment to Sri Lanka‘s Constitution is scheduled to be held on October 6th and 7th, however, uncertainty looms over this debate. Now the debate on the bill can be stalled due to opposing views within the ruling Sri Lanka Podujana ...

COLOMBO (News 1st) - Sri Lanka Police fired tear gas in Mullaithivu on Wednesday (5) to prevent a brawl from taking place  between two groups of fishermen. Fishermen from Mullaithivu have been protesting opposite the Mullaithivu Fisheries Office for three days citing several demands including ...

COLOMBO (News 1st) - The Supreme Court on Wednesday (5) sentenced a private tutor convicted of contempt of court, and for also threatening Dr. Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe PC in court. He was sentenced to two years of rigorous imprisonment suspended for 05 years. The bench comprising of Justices Prithi P...

COLOMBO (News 1st) - The Petroleum Distributors Association said that it decided to call off the trade union action, and place orders for fuel from Wednesday (5). Kapila Naotunna, the Secretary of the Petroleum Distributors Association said this decision was reached after a solution was provided by...

COLOMBO (News 1st) - ‘The President has made an open request to establish another wing of KDU to serve the population of Wayaba’ revealed the Defence Secretary General Kamal Gunaratne gracing the opening ceremony of the new Faculty of Computing of the General Sir John Kotelawala Defence ...