COLOMBO (News 1st); Sri Lanka is keen on strengthening regional ties and the need to accelerate South-South cooperation, said Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa on Monday (26). In a virtual address to the 77th Session of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UN...

COLOMBO (News 1st); Several people staged a protest in Wellarawa, Bingiriya on Monday (26) claiming their lives are at risk following the detection of COVID-19 cases from a private apparel factory in the area. The group obstructed the road leading to the apparel factory to prevent staff transport...

COLOMBO (News 1st); Sri Lanka Police is to conduct a DNA test to determine if the charred remains discovered from Raththota in mid-April 2021 are those of a 46-year-old businessman reported missing for over a week. "On the 21st of April 2021, charred remains were discovered from the Raththota Pol...

COLOMBO (News 1st); The newly appointed Ambassador of Sri Lanka to the Kingdom of the Netherlands Aruni Ranaraja presented credentials to King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands at the Royal Palace, The Hague on Wednesday, 21 April 2021. An audience and tete-a-tete followed the Credential Ceremony....

COLOMBO (News 1st); 30 prisoners connected to organized crimes and drug trafficking were moved to the Boossa Maximum-Security Prison, said the Department of Prisons. Commissioner of Prisons (Administration and Rehabilitation) Chandana Ekanayake, the Spokesperson for the Department of Prisons spea...