COLOMBO (News 1st): A 20-day-old male infant who tested positive for COVID-19 passed away, at the Lady Ridgeway Hospital for Children (LRH) on Tuesday evening (Dec. 08), hospital sources confirmed. "The 20-day-old infant was admitted to the Lady Ridgeway Hospital at around 4:00 am today (08). At ...

Colombo (News 1st); All members of the Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka have resigned from their posts with immediate effect, confirmed member of the PUCSL Professor Kapila Perera. Speaking to News 1st, Professor Perera said the five members of the Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka...

Colombo (News 1st); There are no political prisoners in Sri Lanka said Joint Cabinet Spokesperson (Minister) Udaya Gammanpila on Tuesday (08) at the weekly cabinet media briefing. He said the Government of Sri Lanka does not have any issue with respect to Political Prisoners, as there are none. ...

COLOMBO (News 1st): Dhammika Bandara, an ‘Ayurvedic practitioner’ in Kegalle, distributed a locally manufactured Ayurvedic Tonic, which he claims can cure COVID-19 patients, free of charge on Tuesday (Dec. 08). Large crowds were seen gathered near his residence in Udamagama in Hettimulla, Kegalle...

Colombo (News 1st); The Attorney General's Department and the Committee for Protecting Rights of Prisoners agreed at the Wattala Magistrate's Court on Tuesday (08) to conduct the postmortem examination with regard to the 11 prisoners killed in the Mahara Prison Riot which took place on the 29th of N...