COLOMBO (News 1st) - Former Defense Secretary Hemasiri Fernando and IGP Pujith Jayasundara, who is on compulsory leave, failed to appear before the CID today after being hospitalized. The duo were summoned before the CID to record statements regarding the April 21st terror attacks. Hemasiri Ferna...

Colombo (News 1st): A number of parties have gone to court citing that their fundamental rights were violated as action was not taken to prevent the 04/21 terror attacks. Today the petitions filed by a father who lost his two children in the attacks and a businessman attached to the tourism secto...

COLOMBO (News 1st): Former Defence Secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa has reiterated his plans to contest for the Presidential elections. Speaking with the Al-Jazeera news agency, he commented that following the April 21st terror attack that he became more determined to contest the elections. Rajapaksa...

Colombo (News 1st): The Court of Appeal issued an order that it will consider the writ petition filed by former Defense Secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa seeking an interim injuction to prevent the case filed against him from being taken up at the Permanent High Court Trial at Bar, on May 6th. The wri...

COLOMBO (News 1st) - Former Defence Secretary, Gotabaya Rajapaksa who appeared before the Permanent High Court Trial at Bar today, responded to a number of questions posed by journalists. When asked about claims that he cannot relinquish US citizenship for a period of ten years, Rajapaksa noted t...