Colombo (News 1st) - The Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna convened a media briefing today (Dec 08) and spoke about Ranil Wickremesinghe occupying the temple trees. JVP MP Bimal Rathnayake stated that two to three weeks ago, a State Minister of the United National Party had noted that Mahinda Rajapaksa h...

Colombo (News 1st) - The COO of the Advocata Institute Dhananath Fernando states that the foreign debt servicing schedule in Sri Lanka is mounting up for the next four years. He explained that in 2019 Sri Lanka has to pay USD 4.2 billion, in 2020 USD 3.6 billion, in 2021 USD 3.3 billion and in 20...

Reuters - Americans on Friday (December 7) marked 77 years since the Japanese attack on the Pearl Harbor naval base in Hawaii that plunged the United States into World War II. The bombing of Pearl Harbor took place at 7:55 a.m. Honolulu time on Dec. 7, 1941, famously dubbed "a date which will liv...

Reuters - U.S. stocks tumbled on Friday (December 7) in a broad sell-off led by declines in big internet and technology shares, and the benchmark S&P 500 index posted its biggest weekly percentage drop since March as concerns over U.S.-China trade tensions and interest rates convulsed Wall Stree...

Colombo (News 1st) - The remains of an individual was discovered today (Dec 8) on a street in close proximity to the Badulla Hospital. The Police believe the person could have been murdered. The body is currently at the Badulla Hospital. The deceased has been identified as a 35-year-old person...