Colombo (News 1st_: Convening a media briefing in Colombo today, Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna said it hopes to form an alliance with the Sri Lanka Freedom Party. MP Lakshman Yapa Abeywardena noted that Sri Lanka Freedom Party has a duty to form an alliance. Journalists questioned if they would ext...

Colombo (News 1st): The expenditure heads of several portfolios coming under the purview of Ministers Vajira Abeywardena and Patali Champika Ranawaka, were defeated in parliament last week. What prompted these events? Leader of the House, Minister Lakshman Kiriella claims that the defeat of th...

Colombo (News 1st): The Ceylon Electricity Board says that it will continue power cuts islandwide till a considerable rainfall is experienced in the hill country. CEB states, to mitigate this crisis, emergency power purchasing must be carried out from private power plants. According to the CEB, a...

COLOMBO (News 1st) - 'Gamak Samaga Pilisadarak' program initiated by the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna was held in Sooriyawewa yesterday(March 17). MP Chamal Rajapaksa and Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena attended the occasion. The journalists at the program asked MP Chamal Rajapaksa his opinion on the potent...

COLOMBO (News 1st) - UPFA MP Lakshman Yapa Abeywardena noted that the United People's Freedom Alliance has decided to vote against the budget. Anyway, he noted that they would not allow the expenditure overhead of the President to get defeated.    ...