Colombo (News 1st): Leader of the National Freedom Front Wimal Weerawansa speaking in Colombo yesterday (July 22) commented on the attempt to hand over operations of the Mattala Airport to India. Weerawansa questioned the motive behind India taking over the operations of the Mattala airport, the ...

COLOMBO (News 1st) - The Cabinet of Ministers, on the recommendation of the Minister of Finance and Mass Media Mangala Samaraweera has decided to write off non-consumption loans granted up to Rs. 100,000 to women by all registered Finance companies. Further, the government has also decided to int...

COLOMBO (News 1st) - Three Iraqi nationals who attempted to travel to London using fake passports were arrested by Immigration officers at the Bandaranaike International Airport. The suspects had presented passports from Cyprus as they were attempting to depart from the BIA. The immigration offic...

Colombo (News1st) : Over the past 6 months, the National Police Commission has received 727 complaints by the public against members of the police force. A majority of these complaints have been lodged from the Western province. Director of the Commission's public complaints unit, Lakshman Wijeyt...

REUTERS - Hundreds of people are missing and several are feared dead after a hydropower dam under construction in Laos collapsed, causing flash flooding which swept away homes, state media reported on Tuesday (July 24). The dam collapsed at 1800 local time (1100 GMT) on Monday (July 23), local me...