Colombo (News 1st) - In a backdrop where the United States of America has left the UNHRC calling it a biased organization, a report on Sri Lanka by the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights was made public today. The report has taken a hard stance against Sri Lanka's failure to comply with some of t...

Colombo (News 1st) - State Minister of Finance Eran Wickremaratne believes that all parliamentarians should declare their assets and liabilities. Appearing on the Newsline program on Thursday (March 7) the state minister, who published his assets declaration recently, stated that he would like to...

Colombo (News 1st): The first of the series of rallies titled 'Iwasuwa Athi' is taking place in Kandy under the auspices of Opposition Leader Mahinda Rajapaksa. Leaders of political parties representing the joint opposition as well as representatives from the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna are atten...

Colombo (News 1st): Navy personnel on an Inshore Patrol Craft belonging to the North Central Naval Command found 323.4kg of beedi leaves left behind in the sea area of Pesalai, Mannar. Search operations are being further carried out in the area by the navy. The stock of beedi leaves, which is bel...

Colombo (News 1st): One of the remaining maritime mysteries of the Second World War may soon be solved, thanks to a joint operation between the Royal Australian Navy and the Sri Lankan Navy. Nine sailors died when the destroyer, HMAS Vampire I, sank after enduring an intensive Japanese air attack...