COLOMBO (News 1st); Members of Parliament Angajan Ramanathan and Sarathi Dushmantha Mithrapala have announced their support for Ranil Wickremesinghe in this year's presidential election.The two MPs met with President Wickremesinghe this morning at the Presidential Election Operations Office in Colom...

COLOMBO (News 1st); The Election Commission is grappling with a legal conundrum concerning the appointment of the Secretary of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party. According to Chairman R. M. L. Ratnayake, secretaries from three different factions within the party have stepped forward, complicating mat...

COLOMBO (News1st); The Colombo District Court today extended nine enjoining orders issued to Sri Lanka Freedom Party representatives including former chairman Maithripala Sirisena, until 9th of October.The order was issued when the case was called before Colombo Chief District Judge Sandun Withana.T...

COLOMBO (News 1st); Colombo Additional District Judge Chandima Edirimanna extended the injunction orders issued to Dr. Wijyeadasa Rajapakshe and MP Sarathi Dushmantha Mitrapala.They were elected as Acting Chairman and Acting General Secretary of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party.This order, in effect unti...

COLOMBO (News 1st) - Former President Maithripala Sirisena announced his endorsement of Justice Minister Dr. Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe as the candidate for the upcoming Presidential election during a media briefing held in Colombo today."Dr. Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe was selected as the presidential candida...