COLOMBO (News 1st); Colombo Additional Magistrate Rajindra Jayasuriya on Tuesday (25) ordered the Colombo Crimes Division (CCD) to conduct an impartial inquiry into the discovery of a hand grenade in the premises of the All Saints Church in Borella. The Magistrate had noted that it can be observe...

COLOMBO (News 1st); The Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka (PUCSL) has informed the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) that there is NO requirement for power outages as fuel stocks will be sufficient until the 27th of January. Sri Lanka's Minister of Power Gamini Lokuge said an uninterruptible ...

COLOMBO (News 1st); The Department of Meteorology states that a difference in the prevailing dry weather is expected to take place from Tuesday (25). Furthermore, showers or thundershowers will occur at several places in the Western, Sabaragamu and North West such as Nuwara-Eliya, Galle and Matar...

COLOMBO (News 1st); Sri Lanka's score on the latest Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) compiled by Transparency International stands at 37, which is a point lower than last year.  The CPI scores 180 countries and territories around the world based on perceptions of public sector corruption, whil...

Australia has unveiled its 16-player squad for the upcoming men’s T20 series against Sri Lanka, with Ashes hero Travis Head named in the national 20-over outfit for the first time in nearly four years. Big Bash star Ben McDermott could be given an extended run at the top of Australia's T20 battin...