Colombo (News 1st): Presidential Candidate of the SLPP, Gotabaya Rajapaksa attended several public rallies this evening (October 19). The public rally held in Kiribathgoda was organized by MP Prasanna Ranaweera. Speaking at the event Gotabaya Rajapaksa noted that at present, the general public fr...

Colombo (News 1st):  Senior Administrative official Thusitha P. Wanigasinghe has been appointed as the Acting Defence Secretary. He earlier served as an Additional Secretary at the Ministry of Defence. Wanigasinghe who joined the SLAS in 1991 is a graduate of the Kelaniya University. He has se...

Colombo (News1st): The excavation of the mass grave in Mannar resumed today (October 1). Excavation activities were temporarily halted due to the unavailability of certain officials who were scheduled to attend several urgent High Court proceedings. The team had been engaged in the continuous exc...

Colombo (News1st): The excavation of the mass grave in Mannar was temporarily halted for a week due to urgent official duties. It is reported the excavations were halted due to the unavailability of certain officials during that time as they are scheduled to attend several urgent High Court proce...