Colombo (News 1st): Two people died after consuming methanol in Nagahadola, Bulathsinhala yesterday (April 1). The bodies were handed over to the relatives following a post-mortem examination and samples of their bodies were sent to the Government Analyst for further investigations. The victims a...

Reuters: WhatsApp on Tuesday launched a service for Indians to check the veracity of information, in the messaging platform’s latest attempt to combat fake news in India ahead of national elections beginning this month. WhatsApp said in a statement it was working with local startup Proto to class...

Reuters:  Facebook has deleted 712 accounts and 390 pages in India and Pakistan for "inauthentic behaviour," it said on Monday (April 1), many linked to India's opposition Congress party days before a national election, and others related to Pakistan's military. Facebook has come under increasing...

COLOMBO (News 1st) - The fate of Sri Lanka's pepper industry was raised in Parliament this morning(April 02). The Minister of Primary Industries Daya Gamage accepted that there is a drop in Sri Lankan pepper prices as Vietnamese pepper is being exported claiming they are from Sri Lanka and India....

COLOMBO (News 1st) -  The Podu Jana Peramuna convened a media briefing in Trincomalee yesterday(April 01), under the theme "Gama Samaga Pilisadarak". UPFA MP, D. V. Chanaka shared his views on the prevailing power crisis in Sri Lanka. He noted that in 2014 Sri Lanka was the only country to pro...