Heavy metal pioneers Metallica are being honoured with Sweden's Polar Prize, one of the most prestigious awards in music. Metallica is an American heavy metal band from Los Angeles and, is best known for 1991's Black Album. The band redefined the sound of metal with a tougher, faster and more abr...

COLOMBO (News1st) - While farmers in Panduwasnuwara suffer from the lack of water for cultivation, other maize farmers are at wit's end as they do not have a fixed price for their harvest. The principal occupation of the residents of Kurunegala, Anuradhapura and several other areas is paddy culti...

Update... COLOMBO (News1st) - The death toll in the collapse of a building in Grandpass has risen to seven. Three people have died after a building located down Babapulle Mawatha in Grandpass, collapsed. Two persons have sustained injuries. Director of the Accident Ward at the National Ho...

COLOMBO (News1st) - The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) arrested retired Deputy Inspector General of Police, Prasanna Nanayakkara, over the murder of Journalist Lasantha Wickrematunge. The Police Media Division said, Nanayakkara was taken into custody last night on  charges of concealing ...

Colombo (News1st): The Road Development Authority says that a new speed measurement system will be implemented from Wednesday onwards to inspect the vehicles that travel at high speed on the expressway. Director of Expressway Management and Maintenance S.Opanayake stated that the programme is to ...