REUTERS:- U.S. President Donald Trump said his longtime executive assistant Madeleine Westerhout had a "bad night" when she allegedly shared details about the first family at a dinner with reporters. Westerhout abruptly resigned on Thursday (August 29) after Politico reported she had said, among ...

REUTERS:- Ten teenagers were shot following a high school football game in Mobile, Alabama on Friday (August 30), according to police. Mobile Police Department Chief Lawrence Battiste said the victims were between the ages of 15 and 18. He said the injured were taken to local hospitals but gave n...

COLOMBO (News 1st):- The Ministry of Health states that 42,518 people have reportedly been infected with dengue within the past year. The Epidemiology Unit of the Ministry said that 8839 patients are from the Colombo district, with 6601 patients reported from Gampaha and 4130 people from Kalutara...

COLOMBO (News 1st):- Minister of Education Akila Viraj Kariyawasam has once again been summoned to appear before the Presidential Commission inquiring into allegations regarding financial irregularities at state institutions for the past four years. The Minister was summoned in order to record a ...

COLOMBO (News 1st):- The Disaster Management Centre states that a large number of houses have been damaged due to the strong winds in Adigama, Puttalam. Assistant Director of the DMC, M. M. R. N. K. Alahakoon said that a small child sustained injuries due to the winds that the area experienced at...