COLOMBO (News 1st) - President Maithripala Sirisena and the first family celebrated the dawn of the Sinhala and Tamil New Year giving priority to tradition. President Sirisena observed the traditional customs of the Sinhala and Tamil New Year by lighting the hearth at the auspicious time of 10:40...

COLOMBO (News 1st) - Issuing a New Year message President Maithripala Sirisena, says that 'Aluth Avurudda' is indeed an introduction of a new human race with a new vision and a new attitude towards society. He said "the New Year binds with the traditional customs which blooms interrelations and f...

An approval was given to the US military by the US President Donald Trump to launch strikes against Syria, in collaboration with the UK and France. The strikes are in response to an alleged chemical attack on the Syrian town of Douma last week. Trump addressing the nation said a combined opera...

Dame Daphne Sheldrick, a Kenyan elephant conservationist has died of cancer aged 83. She has fed and cared for over 230 elephants, of which many had lost their mother to poachers or drought. She has developed a milk formula and has been successfully nurturing them. Her Kenyan charity is world-...

The Cold War is “back with vengeance,” said the UN's Secretary General, Antonio Guterres, who also warned about the dangers of escalation over Syria. The US and its allies are considering of launching a missile attack on Syria after the alleged chemical attack, an action Russia has stated would r...