COLOMBO (News1st): China's chargé d'affaires in Sri Lanka has met with sports minister Namal Rajapaksa on Friday, its embassy said in a tweet. Hu Wei, the diplomatic representaitve, had discussed several sports-related matters including athletes, coaches, training of umpires, and donating sports ...

COLOMBO (News1st): Arsalan Tariq Khawaja has apologized in court for framing Sri Lankan student Mohamed Kamer Nizamdeen with false terrorism claims in 2018. “I caused him a lot of pain. I caused his family a lot of pain. He didn’t do anything,” Arsalan, the brother of Australian cricket Usman Kha...

COLOMBO (News1st): A former intelligence chief has conceded that he had never communicated with the ministers of law and order under the previous government during his tenure before last year's April 21st attacks. In a testimony at the presidential commission probing the attacks, former Chief of ...

COLOMBO (News1st): Sri Lanka's state minister of money and capital markets has urged financial institutions to offer all emerging and developing countries a debt standstill for 2021. "It will enhance global economic and financial stability, which is a pre-requisite for sustainable development," s...

COLOMBO (News1st): Two people have been injured in bus accident in Polonnaruwa on Friday. The accident had occured between two buses that were transporting expatriates who had returned from Dubai to the quarantine centre in Kandakadu. The injured passengers are receiving treatment at the Polon...