COLOMBO (News 1st) - It has been decided at the Party leaders meeting to take up the no-confidence motion against the government on the 10th and 11th of July. An adjournment debate on the State Lands Special Provisions Bill is to be held this Friday(July 05). Chief Government Whip Gayantha Kar...

COLOMBO (News 1st) - Parliament is due to convene at 1.00 pm today (January 23). The debt relief draft bill is due to be debated in the parliamentary session.  ...

COLOMBO (News 1st) 1. The Inspector General of Police Pujith Jayasundara has ordered that the investigation on the attempted fraud at Sri Lanka Cricket be handed over to the Criminal Investigation Department. 2.Former President Mahinda Rajapaksa, Speaker of Parliament Karu Jayasuriya as well a...

COLOMBO (News 1st) - A draft bill to cap election spending has been presented to the National Elections Commission from the Legal Draftsman's Department. The premise of the draft bill has been considered first by the elections commission, taking into account the recommendations of political parti...

COLOMBO (News 1st) - The draft of the National Audit Bill was passed in Parliament with amendments on Thursday (July 5th). The draft bill was passed without a vote. The National Audit Bill was a key pledge of the Good Governance government and was to be adopted within the first 100 days of this gove...