COLOMBO (News 1st) - Police curfew has been reimposed in the Kandy administrative district. The curfew will be in place from 8 pm today (March 6) until 6 am tomorrow (March 7). According to the Police Headquarters, these measures were taken as a result of the situation in the Teldeniya Police ...

COLOMBO (News 1st)- Special Envoy on the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention, Prince Mired Raad Zeid Al-Hussein visited Muhumalai today (06 March) to inspect the demining operations in the area. Sharing his experience on the visit to Muhumalai he said that, he is impressed with the government as i...

A US aircraft carrier that was sunk during World War Two has been found off the coast of Australia. The USS Lexington was located at a depth of about 3km (2 miles) in the Coral Sea, about 800km off Australia's east coast. The ship was lost in the Battle of the Coral Sea from 4th to 8th May 194...

COLOMBO (News 1st) - President Maithripala Sirisena has promulgated a State Emergency a short while ago to redress the unsatisfactory security situation prevailing in certain parts of the country. The President's Media Division, in a tweet says the Head of State has suitably empowered the Police ...

COLOMBO (News 1st) - The tri-force members are not allowed to post pictures in uniforms on the Facebook or any other social media platform, the Army Spokesperson Brigadier Sumith Atapattu commented. Recently the Army has issued a circular to all personnel reinforcing the order which was already i...