COLOMBO (News 1st); Government Policies have made Sri Lanka into an auction house, alleged Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa. "They sold the oil tanks, the land, state institutions, and many more," he added. The Opposition Leader said that a tragedy has befallen the youth of the country as th...

COLOMBO (News 1st); Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa says that he does not have the habit of Governing according to the advice of intelligence chiefs. Speaking to the media after visiting His Eminence the Archbishop of Colombo Malcolm Cardinal Ranjith, the Opposition Leader also said that vario...

COLOMBO (News 1st); The body of an unidentified female was discovered inside a traveling bag at a garbage dump in Sapugaskanda. Sri Lanka Police said the discovery was made close to the Sapugaskanda Oil Refinery. Police Spokesperson & Attorney-at-Law SSP Nihal Thalduwa said the Kelaniya Po...

COLOMBO (News 1st); Army Commander General Shavendra Silva warned that the possibility of an increase in COVID-19 cases in Sri Lanka cannot be disregarded due to the actions of a few, in the period when travel restrictions have been relaxed. "At present, the death toll is limited to 10 or 20 per ...

(News 1st); Novelist and playwright Damon Galgut has won the 2021 Booker Prize for his novel 'The Promise'. The news was announced on Wednesday (03) during a ceremony in London. The South African writer had been shortlisted for the third time this year, after being a finalist in 2003 and 2010....