COLOMBO (News 1st); Sri Lanka recorded a total of 34 COVID-19 deaths for Friday (02), said the Director General of Health Services on Saturday (03). ...

COLOMBO (News 1st); The Delta variant, the most transmissible variant yet, poses a major threat to unvaccinated or partially vaccinated. Dr. Chandima Jeewandara, the Director of the Department of Immunology and Molecular Medicine of the University of Sri Jayawardenapura noted that adhering to mit...

COLOMBO (News 1st);  The Colombo District Court upholds responsibility of journalists & media to raise 'MATTERS OF PUBLIC INTEREST'. Among other matters this was stated in delivering the Order in regard to the application on interim injunction on 2 July 2021 in the case filed by George Steuar...

COLOMBO (News 1st); The Deputy Chairman of the Mihithale Pradeshiya Sabha, Lalith Edirisinghe, was suspended from acting as a member of the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna with effect from Friday (02), announced the SLPP. A letter from Attorney-at-Law Sagara Kariyawasa, the General Secretary of the S...

COLOMBO (News 1st); Several more suspects were arrested for Child Sex Trafficking following the revelation of an incident where a 15-year-old girl-child was sexually exploited. Police Spokesperson Senior DIG Ajith Rohana 04 of the suspects were arrested on Friday (02) afternoon and among them is ...