Colombo (News 1st) - Minister Faizer Mustapha an appointed politician and not elected by the people, has shifted his positions in the name of self-interest on many occasions. The question is, should the people continue to accept it? On Friday, during the debate on the delimitation report for the ...

Reuters - Pope Francis was greeted by Irish President Michael D. Higgins on Saturday (August 25), for a highly charged visit to a society transformed since the last papal trip 39 years ago and beset by the kind of abuse scandals that have mired the Catholic Church in crisis. The pope touched down...

New Zealand won the Bledisloe Cup for a 16th consecutive year with a 40-12 victory over Australia in Auckland. Beauden Barrett scored four tries and kicked five conversions, while Joe Moody and Liam Squire crossed for the dominant All Blacks at Eden Park. Will Genia and Reece Hodge scored tries f...

Colombo (News 1st) - Sri Lanka is among seven emerging and frontier market sovereigns Moody's analytics have identified as most vulnerable to dollar appreciation. According to the report compiled by Moody's, Sri Lanka is recognized as "most vulnerable" to rising global interest rates. The repo...

Colombo (News 1st) - China’s anti-corruption agency announced in April that Huarong chairman, Lai Xiaomin, was under investigation for suspected graft. Shares in an Asian casino operator plunged in Hong Kong on Friday as it said its tycoon head had gone missing, the latest setback for the firm af...