COLOMBO (News 1st):- Gotabaya Rajapaksa, the Presidential Candidate of the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna today (August 23) said he had legally renounced his US citizenship. He says that there is a rumour that is being spread citing that he has not renounced his US citizenship, however, he clarifies...

COLOMBO (News 1st):- Personnel from the National Water Supply and Drainage Board appeared before the Committee on Public Enterprises or COPE yesterday (August 22). When the COPE Chairman, MP Sunil Handunetti questioned if the contract for the Kandy North - Pathadumbara combined water project was est...

Colombo (News 1st): President and Commander-In-Chief of the Armed Forces Maithripala Sirisena commissioned the Offshore Patrol Vessel P626 donated to the Sri Lanka Navy by China to further expand its operational activities, as ‘Sri Lanka Navika Nauka Parakramabahu’, at the Eastern Container Terminal...

Colombo (News 1st): Two MPs of the Sri Lanka Muslim Congress's who resigned from their State Ministerial portfolios following the April terror attacks have been sworn in once again. Accordingly, Mohomed Cassim Mohamed Faizal has been reinstated as State Minister of Health, Nutrition and Indigenou...

Colombo (News 1st): A group of delegates along with the Chairman of the ICC Shashank Manohar arrived in the island yesterday (August 22) for a 04-day official visit. The ICC Chairman and the delegation met the Sports Minister Harin Fernando this morning (August 23). The delegation will also meet ...