Director General of Health Services, Dr. Anil Jasinghe confirmed Sri Lanka's 10th death due to COVID1-9 a short while ago. The victim is a 51 year old woman, who returned from Kuwait and was undergoing quarantine in Trincomalee. The total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in the country stand...

Western Australia has been battered by a massive storm which ripped roofs off houses and downed trees across a 1,000 km stretch of land. More than 60,000 homes have been reported without power today. Most in the main city, Perth. No injuries were reported, officials said. The state's Southe...

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has lifted the country’s nationwide state of emergency, ending restrictions in the remaining areas where the order was still in effect. "We had very stringent criteria for lifting the state of emergency. We have judged that we have met this criterion," Abe said ...

Colombo (News 1st): Consequent to the latest announcement made by the Government stating that all island curfew will be in effect only between 10 pm and 4 am daily from the 26th of May, and also taking into consideration several requests made by industry stakeholders, the Colombo Stock Exchange has ...

Colombo (News 1st): Sri Lanka will remove the curfew imposed in Capital Colombo starting from tomorrow after a two-month-long lockdown style curfew. The island-wide curfew will be imposed from 10 PM to 4 AM commencing from tomorrow (26th), PMD said in a statement. Strict health restrictions wi...