Colombo (News 1st); Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena on Friday (27) did not permit a question to be raised on the visit to Sri Lanka by India’s National Security Adviser Ajit Doval. Doval arrived in Colombo for trilateral discussions among India, Sri Lanka, and the Maldives. Opposition Samagi ...

COLOMBO (News 1st): The life of Former Director of the Criminal Investigations Department, SSP Shani Abeysekara who rendered a great service to the country, is currently at risk, Leader of the Opposition, Sajith Premadasa told parliament on Friday (Nov. 27). The Former CID Director has been taken...

Colombo (News 1st); Indian National Security Adviser Ajith Doval called on Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa on Friday (27) afternoon. The Indian National Security Adviser stated strategies to boost the economy and move towards development with other countries in the region should be identified. ...

Colombo (News 1st); Fitch Ratings has downgraded Sri Lanka's Long-Term Foreign-Currency Issuer Default Rating (IDR) to 'CCC'. Fitch typically does not assign Outlooks or apply modifiers to sovereigns with a rating of 'CCC' or below. KEY RATING DRIVERS The downgrade reflects Sri Lanka's increasi...

Colombo (News 1st); IOM Sri Lanka in partnership with the Government of Switzerland assisted the COVID-19 repatriation efforts of the Government of Sri Lanka by donating a unique RT PCR machine, state-of-the-art Roche fully automated RNA extractor with an output of 1,300 samples per day with a turna...