COLOMBO (News 1st) - Accepting of bonds for the presidential election concluded at 12 noon today (October 06). According to the National Elections Commission, 41 candidates placed bonds for the election. This is the highest number of candidates that have placed bonds for a presidential election in t...

Colombo (News 1st): Former Governor of Eastern Province M.L.A.M. Hizbullah and his son Hiras Hizbullah, heads of Batticaloa Campus and Hira Foundation, were not present before the COPE  yesterday (September 17). He said that they had not come to the committee informing them that they were going abro...

COLOMBO (News 1st) - UPFA national list MP Shantha Bandara has decided to resign from his position in order to be sworn in as an MP to the position left vacant following the demise of Kurunegala MP Salinda Dissanayake. Shantha Bandara amassed the second-highest number of votes in the Kurunegala d...

COLOMBO (News 1st): Although the former Governor of the Eastern Province M.L.A.M Hizbullah said that the funds for the Batticaloa University came through the Central Bank and then to the Bank of Ceylon, a senior official of the Central Bank says that it is not the case. The Parliamentary Special ...

Colombo (News 1st): The Cabinet appointed a sub-committee to consider the report of the Sectoral Oversight Committee on Education and Human Resources Development which was presented to Parliament. The primary task of this sub-committee is to study the recommendations made and report it back to the c...