Colombo (News 1st): Opposition Leader Mahinda Rajapaksa today paid respects to the late Rajakeeya Panditha Pallaththara Sumanajothi Thero, the Chief Incumbent of Sri Subhadrarama Vihara in Maligaththe, Galle. When questioned if the cabinet meeting will continue to be cancelled, he noted that it c...

Colombo (News 1st): A man who looted copper from the infamous Wellampitiya copper factory by breaking the locks put in place by the Criminal Investigations Department was remanded until June 19th by Colombo Additional Magistrate Priyantha Liyanage. The Wellampitiya copper factory was sealed by th...

Colombo (News 1st): Secretary of the Jathika Hela Urumaya Patali Champika Ranawaka convening a press briefing earlier today (June 12) noted that yesterday's cabinet had a total of 104 cabinet papers presented. He noted the government must discuss these cabinet papers, without that there is no govern...

Colombo (News 1st): On June 12, 1990, the 1st Congress of People's Deputies of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (RSFSR) adopted the Declaration of State Sovereignty of the RSFSR. The document declared the primacy of the Constitution and the laws of the Russian republic over the So...

Yemen's Houthi rebels have fired a missile at Saudi Arabia's Abha airport, wounding 26 civilians in the building's arrivals hall, the Saudi-led coalition said. The coalition said in a statement on Wednesday that the wounded were of different nationalities, and included women and children who were...