Colombo (News1st): Opposition Leader Mahinda Rajapaksa today (January 9) released a statement to the media, marking the 4th year since the fall of his government following the Presidential elections of 2015. In the statement, the Opposition Leader brought to light three major dangers that the cou...

Colombo (News1st): Indictments were read out in the presence of Colombo High Court Judge Manjula Tillakaratne against Janaka Ranawaka, a private secretary to the President. Three indictments were filed against Ranawaka which include the unauthorized access to the computer system of then Deputy Ma...

Colombo (News1st): Sri Lanka was successful in eradicating Malaria, which was once an epidemic in the country in 2016. However, after only two years of being declared free from Malaria, the disease has begun raising its head in the country again. Two cases of malaria were reported from Siyambalan...

Colombo (News 1st) - The group that landed at the China bay Air force base in Trincomalee, were there really investors or fraudsters? A Gulf stream 550 Aircraft carrying a group of investors from Singapore, China, and Hong Kong landed at the China Bay Air Force base in Trincomalee last Sunday (Ja...

Colombo (News1st):  The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has agreed to provide USD 400 million to the Central Bank of Sri Lanka under its SAARC SWAP facility which will boost the reserves in the country. The Central Bank said in a statement that they have also requested a further bilateral SWAP arrang...