COLOMBO (News 1st): The Federation of University Teachers’ Associations in a letter to Acting President Ranil Wickremesinghe has called on him to step down from office and avoid contributing to a disastrous constitutional and political impasse that will further destabilize this country. FUTA has ...

COLOMBO (News 1st); Parliamentarian Patali Champika Ranawaka emphasizes that a Leader with a consensus should become the President Pointing out that the people had to force the President to resign, the Parliamentarian said that the protestors have no right to surround the Parliament, as the legis...

COLOMBO (News 1st); The Supreme Court of Sri Lanka on Friday (15) issued an order barring Former Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa and Former Finance Minister Basil Rajapaksa from traveling overseas. The order will be in effect until the 28th of July. The order was made by a Supreme Court bench...

COLOMBO (News 1st); The Bar Association of Sri Lanka states that in electing the new President, the Members of Parliament now represent the entire electorate of Sri Lanka and must perform this onerous duty respecting the sovereignty of the People and their wishes and uphold democratic values. The...

COLOMBO (News 1st); The Chairman of the Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka (PUCSL) says that it approved power cuts of 3 hours for 16th & 17th July as follows; Groups ABCDEFGHIJKLPQRSTUVW 1hour and 40minutes during daytime 1hour and 20minutes during night ...