Colombo (News 1st); Minister of Power Dullas Alahapperuma stated it was decided to set up an insurance scheme to provide compensation worth Rs. one million in the event of a death caused due to defects in the CEB's power system, said the Sri Lankan Parliament. The Minister of Power and Energy, Du...

Colombo (News 1st); The new State Ministers took oaths in the presence of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa on Wednesday (12) at the Magul Maduwa (Audience Hall) of the Temple of Sacred Tooth Relic premises in Kandy. The New State Ministers are as follows;  01. Chamal Rajapaksa - State Minister of ...

Colombo (News 1st) - UPFA MP Lasantha Alagiyawanna was unanimously re-appointed as the Chairman of the Committee on Public Accounts (COPA) in Parliament on Friday (Feb 7). Alagiyawanna was the COPA chairman prior to the prorogation of Parliament on the 02nd of December 2019. MP Alagiyawanna’s nam...

COLOMBO (News 1st) - State Minister of Industries Dayasiri Jayasekara assumed duties today at the Ministry premises in Colpetty. The event was attended by the National Organiser of the SLFP State Minister Duminda Dissanayake, Senior Deputy Chairman, Nimal Siripala de Silva, General Secretary of t...

Colombo (News 1st): Thilanga Sumathipala responded to several questions raised by journalists at a media briefing held today (October 11). He said that when Minister Duminda Dissanayake was speaking at the Anuradhapura rally, there was a massive objection from the people who were present. They qu...