COLOMBO(News 1st) - A tense situation erupted at two rallies of the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna after parliamentarians of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party attended them. SLFP MP T.B. Ekanayake attended the rally organized in support of Presidential candidate of the SLPP in Yapahuwa today and the crowd...

COLOMBO (News 1st) The World Bank in its latest global economic update has slashed Sri Lanka's growth forecast to 2.7% for 2019. In line with a global downward trend, growth in South Asia was projected to slow down to 5.9% in 2019; reducing 1.1% from April 2019. However, the report remains cautio...

COLOMBO (News 1st) - Speaking to The Hindu newspaper, national organizer of the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna Basil Rajapaksa said: "No international actor will try to interfere in Sri Lanka’s approaching presidential election". He added that Sri Lanka needs India for security and China for economic m...

Reuters - Two orangutans, a mother and baby, were rescued by environmentalists after their habitat was destroyed by forest fires in Indonesia's Kalimantan province, and relocated to a healthy patch of forest on the same day. The pair, estimated to be a 20-year-old and an eight-month-old, had fled...

Reuters - Kenyan Brigid Kosgei broke Paula Radcliffe's 16-year-old women's marathon world record but former Alberto Salazar coached athletes, including Mo Farah, were never a factor in the Chicago Marathon on Sunday (October 13). The 25-year-old Kosgei set a blistering pace from the start to run ...