COLOMBO (News 1st); Sri Lanka's Parliament speaker has expressed his dismay over the books being used by the 225 Members of Parliament, adding that over the 330 books borrowed by the MPs, 122 are under the fiction title. According to the information furnished by the parliament library to the spea...

COLOMBO (News 1st); The Colombo Permanent High Court Trial-at-Bar will announce on the 18th of February 2022, its decision on whether Ex-Defence Secretary Hemasiri Fernando will be released from the Easter Attacks case, without calling for evidence from the defense. Hemasiri Fernando is charged w...

COLOMBO (News 1st); It has been reported that heavy traffic on the road opposite the Fort Railway Station is being experienced at the moment due to a protest organized by the JVP. News 1st reported earlier on Wednesday (19) that the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna was staging a protest near the Technic...

(News 1st); The head of the World Health Organisation announced in a warning to world leaders that the coronavirus pandemic "is nowhere near over". Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus cautioned against the assumption that the newly dominant Omicron variant is significantly milder and has eliminated th...

COLOMBO (News 1st); The Ceylon Electricity Board says that power outages may be experienced for an hour and a half on Wednesday (19) night due to the Kelanitissa Power Plant running out of diesel. Previously, it was reported that two power stations at the Kelanitissa power plant complex have been...