COLOMBO (News 1st) - President Maithripala Sirisena has instructed the relevant authorities to take necessary steps in order to provide relief to those affected by severe rains and floods in the Mulathivu, Kilinochchi and Mannar provinces. The President has urged that all district secretaries be ...

Reuters - Pop star Demi Lovato said she is "happy and clean" and "grateful to be alive" in a series of tweets on Saturday (December 22). The star was hospitalized in July due to a reported drug overdose. TMZ, quoting law enforcement sources, reported that Lovato had been found unconscious at h...

Reuters - The Italian government won a grueling vote of confidence on its 2019 budget in the upper house in the early hours of Sunday (December 23) as it races to get the package approved before a year-end deadline. Last Wednesday (December 19) the European Commission reached a deal with Italy over ...

Reuters - A tsunami killed at least 222 people and injured hundreds on the Indonesian islands of Java and Sumatra following an underwater landslide believed caused by the erupting Anak Krakatau volcano, officials and media said on Sunday (December 23). Search and rescue teams were rushing to dig ...

COLOMBO (News 1st) - Six treasure hunters have been arrested from the Urubokka- Kekundeniya reserve. The police confirmed that several equipment used for treasure hunting had also been seized. The arrested individuals are residents of Morawaka, Weeraketiya, Kekundeniya, and Urubokka. They are ...