COLOMBO (News1st): The Tamil Progressive Alliance (TPA) has issued a statement calling for the release of former parliamentarian Duminda Silva who is on death row. Silva was sentenced to death in 2016 along with four others over the murder of former presidential Advisor Bharatha Lakshman Premacha...

COLOMBO (News 1st) 1. The Sri Lankan Rupee touched a fresh low against the dollar with the Central Bank selling rate fixed at Rs. 172.90 yesterday (October 11). 2. The Constitutional Council will convene at 12 PM today (October 12) at the Parliamentary Complex to appoint a new Chief Justice. ...

COLOMBO (News 1st) -  An appeal filed by Former Parliamentarian Duminda Silva and three others, was dismissed by a five-judge bench of the Supreme Court today. Duminda Silva and three other accused filed an appeal against the death penalty imposed by the High Court after they were found guilty fo...

COLOMBO (News 1st) 1. President Maithripala Sirisena addresses the “Open Government Partnership Global Summit” held in Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia. 2. The Attorney General's Department informs the Supreme Court that Duminda Silva was sentenced to death by two High Court Judges after eviden...

COLOMBO (News 1st) - The appeal filed by Former MP Duminda Silva who is on death row was taken up for consideration today (July 18). The Attorney General's Department informed the Supreme Court that Duminda Silva and four others were sentenced to death by two High Court Judges after evidence prov...