COLOMBO (News 1st); The Sri Lankan Minister of Public Security Retired Rear Admiral Sarath Weerasakera speaking in Parliament recently made a revelation that the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) of the United States confirmed that Mohamed Naufar aka Naufar Moulavi was the mastermind of the East...

COLOMBO (News 1st); Sri Lanka Air Force released footage taken from the skies above the burning container ship named the MV X-Press Pearl in the seas off the Colombo Harbour. https://youtu.be/ledRKhX6r70...

COLOMBO (News 1st); An Indian Coast Guard Maritime Pollution Preventive Ship with firefighting capabilities is scheduled to arrive at the scene of action by nightfall‍, at the request of Commander of the Navy, Vice Admiral Nishantha Ulugetenne. In addition, a Dornier aircraft carrying fire exting...

COLOMBO (News 1st); Sri Lanka Police warned the general public to refrain from impersonating professionals and employees of essential services. On Tuesday (25) Sri Lanka Police arrested a 30-year-old male in Narahenpita for impersonating a doctor to travel in a car. In addition, a 46-year-old ...

COLOMBO (News 1st) Thousands of Sri Lankans took to the streets on Tuesday (25) to gather essential items from stores after travel restrictions were lifted at 04 AM. The travel restrictions will be re-imposed at 11 PM on Tuesday, as the government imposes strict measures to control the spread of ...