COLOMBO (News 1st) - The Moody’s investor service has revealed through a statement that Sri Lanka's large debt burden and weak debt affordability are weighing on the country's sovereign credit profile. Sri Lanka's government debt to GDP ration for the year 2017 according to Moody’s is around 80%,...

COLOMBO (News 1st) – The Criminal Investigations Department (CID) making submissions before the Galle Chief Magistrate's Court today (April 9) said that they were unaware of the origins of the firearms that were discovered on board the Avant Garde floating armoury. The Investigating Officer repre...

COLOMBO (News 1st) - The seven hikers who were reported missing over three days in the Knuckles range, were found today (April 9). According to the police the seven youth had begun their climb on the Knuckles Range along the Bambarella-Kalupahana route on Saturday (April 7) morning. Our correspon...

WWE's biggest event WrestleMania 34 was hosted at Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana yesterday (April 8). The event was held one night after NXT served up quite possibly its strongest TakeOver card in history. Highlights of WrestleMania 34 Championship matches WWE Universal Cham...

COLOMBO (News 1st) - A number of  Sri Lankan swimmers took part in several swimming events at the day 5 (April 9) of the Gold Coast 2 Commonwealth Games today (April 9). Competing in the 1st round of the Men's 50-meter freestyle individual heats, Matthew Abeysinghe qualified to the semi-finals re...