COLOMBO(News1st): The US will have to brace itself as it is heading in to a tough winter, as the Omicron variant is now raging through the world, Dr Fauci, who advises the US government on the pandemic stated. Countries across the world are tightening measures and closing down borders as the heav...

COLOMBO (News 1st); All the agreements with regard to the recovery of missing data from the Lanka Government Cloud Server of the National Medicines Regulatory Authority have been directed to the Attorney General for approval. A senior officer of the NMRA said the recovery process will commence im...

COLOMBO (News 1st); A total of 847 gas-related accidents were reported in 2021, to date, said Senior DIG Deshabandu Thennakoon at a media briefing at the President's Media Center on Monday (20). In addition, 7 people have died from these accidents, while 16 others were injured and 18 incidents re...

COLOMBO(news1st): The US dollar reached its peak its top ranking peers today (20), this was subsequent to an indication by a US Federal Reserve Official that a first Pandemic period interest rate hike could occur in March 2022. The dollar index, which measures the currency against six major peers...

COLOMBO (News 1st); Sri Lanka's economy is heading towards a disastrous situation, warned Leader of the National People's Power, Anura Kumara Dissanayake on Monday (20) at the Party's Convention titled 'A promise of recovery for a shattered nation'. "There is a shortage of goods, forcing the pric...