Colombo (News 1st): A false message fraudulently quoting Shakthi TV is currently making the rounds on WhatsApp and via SMS, seeking to cause a panic regarding the recent spate of ATM scams. News 1st strongly emphasizes, that our sister channel, Shakti TV, did not publish such content or send such ne...

COLOMBO(News 1st) - Several Parliamentarians were trapped inside an elevator at the Parliamentary complex for over 20 minutes today (February 07). Parliament was to convene at 10.30 this morning. Twelve Parliamentarians had got on to the elevator that is reserved for MPs and after a few seconds, ...

Colombo (News 1st): A debate took place in Parliament regarding the West Coast Company a subsidiary of Lanka Transformers Limited, which is partly owned by the Ceylon Electricity Board. This company owns the Power Plant in Kerawalapitiya as well. Speaking in Parliament today (Feb 7) UNP MP Profes...

Reuters-Indonesian authorities said on Thursday, February that police had found 193 men from Bangladesh locked in a business premises in Medan on the island of Sumatra by human traffickers who had lured them with the promise of getting them to Malaysia. The men had entered Indonesia on tourist vi...

Colombo (News 1st):  Reuters reported today (Feb 7) that a $300 million loan offered by Bank of China to Sri Lanka is facing delays. Quoting government officials, Reuters reported that Sri Lanka was due to receive the loan before the end of January, but it is now unlikely to be finalized until later...