COLOMBO (News 1st): Once a country surpasses the 30,000 mark of COVID-19 cases, there has been a trend of increased transmission in a majority of countries worldwide, the Government Medical Officers Association warned on Friday (Dec. 11). "Sri Lanka has moved up 52 places towards the negative end...

COLOMBO (News 1st): Pre-Schools will most likely re-open in January 2021, said State Minister of Women and Child Development, Preschools & Primary Education, School Infrastructure & Education Services - Piyal Nishantha De Silva. "In-depth discussions were held with regard to the resumptio...

Colombo (News 1st);  On December 21st, Jupiter and Saturn — which are actually separated by more than 400 million miles — are expected to appear closer to each other in the night sky than they have for centuries. The Arthur C. Clarke Institute for Modern Technologies said this spectacle can be wi...

Colombo (News 1st); Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa on Friday (11) instructed the members of the Elections Commission to explore the possibility of conducting the Provincial Council Elections as soon as possible and to look into the necessary legal provisions for this purpose. According to the P...

Colombo (News 1st); Former DIG of the Kurunegala Range Kithsiri Jayalath told the Presidential Commission of Inquiry probing the 2019 April Attacks he transferred as he took measures to arrest Dr. Shafi Shihabdeen, the controversial doctor attached to the Kurunegala Teaching Hospital. In his test...