COLOMBO (News 1st); As the world watches in disbelief as the Sri Lankan economy slips from bad to worse at the rate of knots, ordinary young Sri Lankans facing the worst of the crisis have come up with one of the most peaceful, creative ways to protest in recent times. Mostly made up of Gen-Z youth,...

COLOMBO (News 1st); The National Building Research Organization has issued a landslide early warning for several areas on 12th April from 02:30 p.m. onwards.  Accordingly, landslide early warnings have been issued as follows; Warning Level 1 - Watch (Yellow); (Valid for the period until 1300 ...

COLOMBO (News 1st); Sri Lanka's Gas shortage has still not been solved, similar to all the other crises going on in the country. People do not have cooking gas to prepare sweets for the Sinhala & Tamil New Year, and they were waiting in queues for hours at gas distribution centres across the ...

COLOMBO (News 1st); Prison inmates will be awarded visitation privileges from today (12) until the 16th of April, to mark the Sinhala and Tamil New Year. Accordingly, three relatives will be given the opportunity to visit and meet with one inmate. Meanwhile, the Department of Prisons said a pr...

COLOMBO (News 1st); The Ministry of Health states that there is no shortage in medicine and surgical equipment at State Hospitals.  In a statement, the Ministry of Health has addressed several claims which are circulating on social media, and states that there is adequate amount of equipment and ...