COLOMBO (News 1st) – The Neelan Tiruchelvam Memorial Lecture was held yesterday (July 28) at the BMICH. Dr Neelan Tiruchelvam was a Sri Lankan Tamil lawyer, academic, politician and Member of Parliament. He held several distinguished academic positions in both Sri Lanka and the USA. Dr Neelan Tiruchelvam’s assassination on the 29 July 1999 was condemned […]
Neelan Tiruchelvam memorial lecture : Reconciliation is a journey
COLOMBO (News 1st) – President Maithripala Sirisena stated at a ceremony in Ratnapura that he is not alone in the war against drugs. He added that 90% of the Sri Lankan population are with him against drugs. He went on to note that his decisions are solely based on the notion of betterment for younger […]
Colombo(News1st) – Colombo High Court Justice Pradeep Hettiarachchi ordered the court case against Wimal Weerawansa to be postponed to August 8th. The case was in regard to the illegal acquisition of assets allegedly worth of Rs. 75 million within a period of 5 years. The Magistrate further ordered the Head Office of Sri Lanka Insurance, […]
COLOMBO (News 1st) – It has come to light that over 1000 undeclared suspicious containers are currently in the Sri Lanka Ports. This was revealed when Senior State’s Council, Sharuka Ekenayake presented facts in court on behalf of the Attorney General. The Court of Appeal instructed the Director-General of the Customs to open these suspicious containers. […]
COLOMBO (News 1st) – Polic discharged water cannons and tear gas on protesting unemployed graduates once again to disperse them. News 1st correspondents noted that the water and tear gas were discharged when the protestors attempted to move towards the presidential secretariat. News 1st correspondent Janaka Gomes noted that severe traffic congestion was experienced in […]
Second wave of tear gas and water discharged towards unemployed graduate protestors
COLOMBO (News 1st) – Islandwide operations in the last 24 hours led to the arrest of 212 drivers under influence. Police stated that the drivers arrested between 6 am yesterday and 6 am today(July 29). The operations to arrest drivers under influence commenced on July 5th. Police reports state that they arrested a total of […]
212 drivers under influence arrested in last 24 hours; 6136 in past 24 days
Colombo(News1st) – It was reported that an individual died due to a landslide that occurred in Kotuwelpola, Balangoda. The police stated the deceased was involved in the construction of a house at the time of the accident. The individual who retained severe injuries from the landslide passed away while being taken to the Balangoda Hospital. […]
The Department of Meteorology says showers or thundershowers are likely in parts of the Northern, North-central, Eastern and Uva provinces t...
