COLOMBO (News 1st) - Former Minister Rishad Bathiudeen was ordered by Fort Magistrate Thilina Gamage to be released from a case filed under the Prevention of Terrorist Act allegedly assisting the suicide bombers who carried out the 2019 April 21st Terror Attacks. The Magistrate made the order follo...

COLOMBO (News 1st) - Journalist Tharidu Jayawardena had filed a private complaint against ASP Nalin Dilruk, and SSP Roshan Dias for alleged obstruction caused during a protest on the 10th of October 2022 in Colombo. The Attorney General on Tuesday (1) had filed an ex-parte motion to call for the ma...

COLOMBO (News 1st) - Minister of Justice, Prisons Affairs and Constitutional Reforms Dr. Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe says Parliament's Constitutional Assembly will be established in the next two weeks. He said the required action will be taken with the intervention of the Speaker. The Speaker recent...

COLOMBO (News 1st) - Ambassador of Sri Lanka to the United States, concurrently accredited to Mexico, Trinidad and Tobago Mahinda Samarasinghe met with Secretary-General of the Organization of American States (OAS) Ambassador Luis Almagro, recently at the Organization’s Headquarters in Washing...

COLOMBO (News 1st) - The Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka (HRCSL) has established a disability unit within the premises of the Human Rights Commission. Commissioners Anusuya Shanmuganathan and Dr. Nimal Karunasiri with National Democratic Institute (NDI), Disability Organizations Joint Front Sr...