Wild elephant captured in Aselapura Colombo (News1st): Wildlife officials have captured a wild elephant who was roaming in Aselapura last evening (October 15). Officers stated the elephant who had been roaming around the villages of Aselapura and Welikanda was also reponsible for the deaths of...

Colombo (News1st): Two individuals found guilty for the possession of Heroin were sentenced to death by Colombo High Court Judge Vikum Kaluarachchi today (October 16). The defendants were arrested in 2005 in Mirihana were charged for the possession of 122.68 grams of heroin....

Reuters: Japan's Takeru Kitazono claimed his fourth and fifth artistic gymnastics gold medals at the Youth Olympic Games in Buenos Aires, Argentina on Monday (October 15). The 15-year-old started off the final day of gymnastics competition by winning the parallel bars with a score of 14.166 for h...

COLOMBO (News 1st) - Transparency International Sri Lanka, launched an online tracker system, to monitor the sri lankan government's anti corruption pledges and to inform their advocacy strategy. During the 2016 anti corruption summit held in London, the government of Sri Lanka made five pledges ...

COLOMBO (News 1st) - The Met department predicts that showers or thundershowers will enhance over the island this evening (October 16) Heavy falls above 100mm can be expected at some places, particularly in the Central, Uva, Sabaragamuwa, North-central and North-western provinces as well as in th...