COLOMBO (News 1st) - A 5 member delegation is set to take wing to Geneva to attend the 40th Session of the Human Rights Council. The delegation will be led by Tilak Marapana, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, and Dr Sarath Amunugama, Governor of the Northern province Dr Suren Raghavan, Secretary o...

Colombo (News 1st): The second reading of the 2019 Budget was passed in Parliament this evening (March 12) with 119 votes in favour of the budget, while 76 were cast against it. Meanwhile, 29 parliamentarians abstained from voting. SLFP MP Arumugan Thondaman cast his vote in favour of the budget....

COLOMBO (News 1st) - The second reading of the budget for 2019 took place for the fourth consecutive day. The following views were expressed in parliament today(March 09). UPFA MP, Dr. Sarath Amunugama noted that 2019 budget was a "Sihina Maliga". He stressed that in 2018 the government expected ...

COLOMBO (News 1st) - The Railway Trade Unions decided to call off their strike action today (August 12) after several trade union representatives held discussions with the President this morning in Polonnaruwa. The Railway Trade Unions launched their strike action alleging that the agreements tha...

COLOMBO (News 1st) - Amongst the two categories prevalent in most developing countries of the world, certain nations successfully keep moving on an upward line, while certain others move towards a downward trend. The basic difference behind this situation is the attitude that the people of a particu...