(Reuters) - Sri Lanka's new president Ranil Wickremesinghe said on Sunday it was not the right time for former president Gotabaya Rajapaksa to return to the country as it could inflame political tensions, the Wall Street Journal reported. "I don't believe it's the time for him to r...

COLOMBO (News 1st); The Colombo Chief Magistrate's Court on Monday (1) ordered to remand Aragalaya activist Dhaniz Ali until the 15th of August. Aragalaya activist Dhaniz Ali was arrested for forcing his way into the Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation and demanding the transmission be interrupted...

COLOMBO (News 1st);  Litro Gas said that the prices of Domestic Cooking Gas cylinders will be reduced from the 5th of August. Litro Chairman Muditha Peiris told News 1st that over 100,000 LP Gas Cylinders were distributed to the local market on Monday (1). He said the supply will continue des...

COLOMBO (News 1st); A special operation carried out by the Navy and Wennappuwa Police in the town area of Wennappuwa on the night of 31st July 2022, led to the apprehension of 47 individuals suspected to be on an illegal migration attempt to a foreign country via sea. The coordinated operation was ...

COLOMBO (News 1st); The High Commissioner of Pakistan to Sri Lanka, Maj. Gen. (Rtd) Umar Farooq Burki, paid a courtesy call on the Minister of Foreign Affairs Ali Sabry on 29 July, 2022 at the Ministry. The Foreign Minister discussed the growing bilateral relations between Sri Lanka and Pakistan wh...