COLOMBO (News 1st);  Retired Maj. Gen. Jagath Alwis has resigned as Secretary to the Ministry of Public Security, after providing a statement to the Criminal Investigations Department on the events that broke out at the MynaGoGama and GotaGoGama protest sites in Colombo....

COLOMBO (News 1st); Sri Lanka’s new Tourism Minister Harin Fernando has warned that if the 21st Amendment to the Constitution is NOT tabled at the Cabinet meeting on Monday (23), he would not remain with the government. “If Sri Lanka is to become stable and once again value democracy, the 21st Am...

COLOMBO (News 1st); The total rate of inflation for the month of April, as measured by the National Consumer Price Index (NCPI), is 33.8%. The NCPI for all items for the month of April 2022, is 190.3 and it records an increase of 17.6 in index points, compared to March 2022, for which the index w...

COLOMBO (News 1st); A two-day old baby lost her life as a direct result of the existing petrol shortage that prevented her parents from accessing petrol on time to take her to hospital. On Sunday (22) evening, the new-born baby in Haldummulla had experienced a yellow discoloration on her body, an...

COLOMBO (News 1st); The new Secretary to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Aruni Wijewardane assumed duties at the Foreign Ministry on 23 May, 2022. She was appointed as the Secretary with effect from 20 May, 2022. A Member of the Sri Lanka Foreign Service, Foreign Secretary Wijewardane counts ...