COLOMBO (News1st): Sri Lanka has extended a fixed-deposit scheme to attract foreign currency to the country, that lapsed in October, by six months, a state notice showed. Locals and foreigners were initially allowed to deposit cash worth up to USD 15,000 by opening Special Deposit Accounts in loc...

Colombo (News 1st):  As of Sunday morning (29), a total of 487 more persons were confirmed positive to COVID-19 in the past 24 hours. Among them, are 223 persons from Colombo region, 78 persons from Gampaha area and 15 from Kandy region, stated the National Operations Centre for Prevention of CO...

Colombo (News 1st); All schools in the Dambulla Education Zone will be closed for a week from tomorrow (30), authorities announced....

COLOMBO(News 1st): The low-pressure area in the south-east Bay of Bengal is likely to intensify into a depression during the next 36 hours and likely to intensify further, issuing a weather advisory to the Department of Meteorology stated. The system is likely to move nearly westwards to the Nort...

COLOMBO(News 1st); 372 more Sri Lankan expatriates returned to the island on a special repatriation flight this morning. 292 people were repatriated from UAE while 4 Sri Lankans were repatriated from Sydney, Australia and 7 Sri Lankans returned to the island from Doha, according to the Manager on...