COLOMBO (News 1st): Speaking at an event held in Gampola today (July 12) UPFA MP Mahindanda Aluthgamage commented on the no-confidence motion that was defeated recently. MP Aluthgamage said that although the opposition had already secured the votes needed to defeat the government that at the last...

COLOMBO (News 1st): The National Movement to Protect the Colombo Port East Terminal has requested the Prime Minister to withdraw from the agreement signed to privatize the Eastern Terminal at the Colombo Port. In a letter forwarded by the movement to the Prime Minister, they request for the Eastern ...

COLOMBO (News 1st): The Central Environmental Authority says the waste material brought to the country under the guise of mattresses from the United Kingdom, is extremely hazardous. 102 containers of garbage arrived in the island, of which 94 have been discovered as containers carrying waste mate...

REUTERS: Sudan's military rulers said on Thursday (July 11) that several officers had attempted a coup in an effort to undermine an agreement between the military and the opposition to share power for three years ahead of elections. The thwarted coup involved a number of retired officers, as well as...

REUTERS: Grammy Award-winning singer R. Kelly was arrested in Chicago on federal sex crime charges, NBC News said, citing unidentified law enforcement officials. R&B singer Kelly, 52, was arrested on Thursday (July 11) by New York police detectives and investigators with the Department of Homela...