COLOMBO(News 1st) - Sri Lanka must repay USD 4.8bn, as external foreign debt, this year and this is thus far, the largest debt repayment in the history of Sri Lanka. Responding to questions raised by journalists, State Minister of Development Banking and Loan Schemes Shehan Semasinghe shared his ...

COLOMBO (News 1st) - Proposals on 2 new constitutional amendments have been presented. The two proposals on an amendment to the appointment of members of parliament and the powers of the president were presented as private member bills. The 21st and the 22nd constitutional amendment bills were...

COLOMBO (News 1st) - National Building Research Organisation stated that within the next 72 hours the dust particle density in the Colombo atmosphere during the night should return to normalcy. Senior Geologist at the NBRO, Sarath Premasiri noted it has been reported that after the last 25th dust...

COLOMBO(News 1st) - A group of people took to the streets and blocked the Kurunegala-Matale main road at the Kelemulla junction while carrying the remains of a man who they claim was beaten to death when he was in prison. Speaking to News 1st on the matter, Prisons Commissioner General Jayasiri T...

COLOMBO (News 1st) - During a meeting with the private bus owners, Minister Mahinda Amaraweera provided a time period of 7 days for them to come up with a decision regarding the semi-luxury bus service. During the meeting, bus owners made a request from the minister to change the Semi Luxury Serv...