COLOMBO (News 1st); The Head of Sri Lanka's Catholic Church His Eminence Malcolm Cardinal Ranjith filed a writ application with the Supreme Court on Saturday (6) challenging the President's gazette to hand over more than 3862 hectares of lands in Gampaha District to the Urban Development Authority. ...

COLOMBO (News 1st); The Samagi Jana Balavegaya on Friday (5) filed a Fundamental Rights application with the Supreme Court against the government take over of lands from Peliyagoda to Negombo, as well as from the Muthurajawela Wetlands. MPs Harin Fernando & Kavinda Jayawardena were present in...

COLOMBO (News 1st); An on going project inside the Muthurajawela Wetlands was suspended on Tuesday (12), following a News 1st Expose'. The development projects spans across a 30 acre areas in the wetlands and several constructions including a small wewa, canals, access roads and bridges have been...

COLOMBO (News 1st): The Cabinet of Ministers on Monday (May 10) granted approval to the combined proposal submitted by Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa to implement several measures to ensure the long term existence of the Muthurajawela wetland area, as well as its sustainable usage, the Department ...

COLOMBO (News 1st): Parliamentary sessions will commence today (Apr. 20) and continue until Friday (Apr. 23). The decision to commence parliamentary sessions was taken at the meeting of the Committee on Parliamentary Affairs held on Monday (Apr. 19), under the patronage of Speaker Mahinda Yapa Ab...