COLOMBO (News 1st) - The President's Media Division has issued a statement saying Venerable Galaboda Aththe Gnanasara Thero was not a member of the Sri Lankan delegation accompanied the President to his state visit to Japan. According to the statement, news circulating on social media and website...

Most often, the eradication of corruption is discussed with great passion on a national level when some politician or business tycoon is accused of stealing millions of Rupees of public funds (I’m generalizing of course). The issue is that big scale robbery is actually only the tip of the iceberg. I...

I was having a light conversation with a group of friends recently. We started off discussing things that have changed over the last decade or so. Soon the conversation took a change in direction. We found ourselves boasting to each other on how easy it was (and still is) for each of us to get out o...

I wanna be RICH! Let’s face it, this is a desire we all share regardless of how much we already have. On a national level ‘MORE MONEY’ is always a prime subject. So is Poverty. Even though statistically extreme poverty is on the decline in our nation there remains a majority of the population who fi...

COLOMBO (News 1st) - A section of the Galle Road in Colpetty junction has been closed due to a protest carried out by the government Survey Department employees. According to the police, the entrance to the Galle Road is opened to the public as usual. However, the police request the public to use...