COLOMBO (News 1st); Bharatiya Janata Party's Rajya Sabha MP Subramaniam Swamy has said that if India wants an ally for the Indian Ocean in the long term, India must give a deferred interest $10 billion loan to the Rajapaksa government of Sri Lanka. In a tweet, Swamy noted that if the Modi Governm...

COLOMBO (News 1st); Ruling party (Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna) Parliamentarian Milan Jayathilake on Thursday (30) said that a powerful businessman in India had sent his private jet to Sri Lanka for the country's Prime Minister to travel to Tirupati. "The jet was sent for a personal matter and the...

COLOMBO (News 1st); Two boys from Kotadeniyawa have been missing for over a month. Sri Lanka Police said as detectives and search teams are yet to locate the whereabouts of the boys, the investigations were handed over to the Homicide and Organized Crimes Investigations Bureau of the Criminal Inv...

COLOMBO (News 1st); Commander of the Navy, Vice Admiral Nishantha Ulugetenne presented certificates of commendation under the ‘IMO Award for Exceptional Bravery at Sea – 2021’ to 04 naval personnel, during a special ceremony held at the Auditorium of Naval and Maritime Academy, Trincomalee recently....

COLOMBO (News 1st); The Chinese Embassy says that State Councilor and Foreign Minister of China, Wang Yi will pay an official visit to Sri Lanka. Accordingly, the dignitary will engage in a visit to Sri Lanka on January 8th and 9th.  https://twitter.com/ChinaEmbSL/status/1476496276334137344?s=...