COLOMBO (News 1st); Police say that the temporarily closed Galle Face road has been reopened for light vehicles. The road was temporarily closed after the security forces removed the people who were protesting for more than 100 days in front of the President’s office in Galle Face, demanding ...

COLOMBO (News 1st); Chinese President Xi Jinping sent a congratulatory message to Ranil Wickremesinghe on his election as President of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka yesterday (22). Xi Jinping pointed out that China and Sri Lanka are traditional friendly neighbors to each other. e...

COLOMBO (News 1st); Litro Gas says that it has been planned to distribute over 100,000 gas cylinders today (23). Its Chairman, Muditha Peiris said that by the end of this month, it will be possible to reduce the existing queues for gas cylinders. Stating that during all these days, Litro took ...

COLOMBO (News 1st); The Ministry of Education says that all Government and Government approved private schools will resume academic activities from 25th July. Accordingly, when schools resume, students will be expected to come to school on Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays, while online learning ...

COLOMBO (News 1st); The National Water Supply and Drainage Board says that water supply will be suspended for 7 hours for many areas of Colombo tonight. Accordingly, the NWS&DB announced that the water supply to Colombo 7, 8, 9 and 10 will be suspended from 11:00 PM tonight to 6:00 AM tomorro...