COLOMBO (News 1st); The State Minister of National Heritage, Performing Arts and Rural Arts Promotion, Vidura Wickremanayaka has commenced a program to implement free Life Insurance to all artists in the country. This inauguration ceremony of this program was held at the Temple Trees, under the p...

COLOMBO (News 1st); Two brothers were arrested with a stock of heroin worth over Rs. 70 million, Police said. The drugs were found during a joint raid carried out by the Bandaragama and Alubomulla Police stations, and the suspects were arrested while packing narcotics at a two storey house on Sha...

COLOMBO (News 1st); The Minister of Plantation Industries, Dr. Ramesh Pathirana says that a fertilizer subsidy will be implemented for tea cultivations. He stated that an agreement has been reached with the tea Sri Lanka Tea Board in this regard. With the ban of chemical fertilizer, tea cultiv...

(News 1st); Meat Loaf, singer whose Bat Out Of Hell album is one of the best-selling of all time, has died aged 74. The news was confirmed on the star's Facebook page by his family. "Our hearts are broken to announce that the incomparable Meat Loaf passed away tonight with his wife Deborah by ...

COLOMBO (News 1st); The South Korean Government will support to promote employment generation, vocational training and investment opportunities, said Park Byeong-Seug, Speaker of the National Assembly of South Korea. He made these remarks when he met President Gotabaya Rajapaksa at the Presidenti...