REUTERS - Argentina on Wednesday (September 26) clinched an additional $7 billion in funding from the International Monetary Fund in an effort to ease investor concerns over its abilities to pay its debts. IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde, speaking at a news conference in New York alongsid...

COLOMBO (News 1st) - Following a silent protest that was carried out today (September 27) by the "Collective of unions protecting external degrees," a complaint was filed at the Human Rights Commission. Commenting on the issue, Convenor of the National Centre for Graduates, Chandana Sooriyarachch...

COLOMBO (News 1st) - At a meeting between President Maithripala Sirisena and Shenggen Fan, Director General of the International Food Policy Research Institute, the latter had assured a viable solution will be provided to protect cultivations from wild elephants. The meeting outlined that over 40...

COLOMBO (News 1st) - A group of people who were crossing the railway tracks at a level crossing in close proximity to Ragama, were run over by an express train traveling from Colombo to Kandy. The Police confirmed that the victims had crossed the railway tracks without paying heed to the closed r...

COLOMBO (News 1st) - Two Sri Lankans that had attempted to smuggle a large sum of US Dollars to Singapore were taken into custody by the Customs Officials attached to the Bandaranaike International Airport. The suspects aged 31 and 35 have been identified as residents of Minuwangoda and Pamunugam...