COLOMBO (News 1st); Data released by the National Operations Centre for Prevention of COVID-19 Outbreak (NOCPCO) on Thursday (24) revealed that since the 15th of April 2021, a total of 146,766 COVID-19 infections were reported in Sri Lanka. During this period, which is considered as the 03rd COVI...

COLOMBO (News 1st); Sri Lanka's Criminal Investigations Department on Wednesday 923) arrested a lawyer for attesting a fake deed used for the sale of land that belongs to the Thailand Embassy in Colombo Sri Lanka Police Spokesperson Senior DIG Ajith Rohana speaking to News 1st that a complaint wa...

COLOMBO (News 1st); There is growing concern over the presence of camo-clad foreign personnel at a development project in the South of Sri Lanka. News 1st recently highlighted that the attire worn by these individuals is similar to the uniform of the Chinese People's Liberation Army. However, ...

COLOMBO (News 1st); 93 prison inmates were released on Thursday (24), under a Special Presidential Pardon and these inmates are from 28 prions across the island. Commissioner General of Prisons Thushara Upuldeniya told reporters that 16 people who were arrested and incarcerated under the Preventi...

COLOMBO (News 1st); The inauguration of Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training Exercise-2021 popularly known as CARAT got underway at Naval Dockyard, Trincomalee under real-time virtual setting on Thursday (24th June 2021). Working shoulder-to-shoulder in their commitment to expand relationsh...