COLOMBO (News 1st); The UNICEF Regional Director for South Asia, George Laryea-Adjei says that children need to be placed squarely at the heart of the solution as the country works to resolve its crisis. In a statement after his visit to Sri Lanka, the UNICEF Regional Director said that what he saw...

COLOMBO (News 1st); The Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority (SLTDA) has directed a letter to the British High Commission in Colombo to further soften its travel advisory whilst welcoming the relaxation of the previous travel advisory to Sri Lanka. The Chairman of the SLTDA, Priyantha Fernando s...

COLOMBO (News 1st); A Sri Lankan Engineer filed a complaint with the Criminal Investigation Department regarding a recent statement made by Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna MP Sanath Nishantha. Accordingly, Engineer Tilak Pattiyakumbura lodged the relevant complaint, alleging the MP committed Contempt o...

COLOMBO (News 1st); A Fundamental Rights Petition was filed with the Supreme Court on Friday (26) challenging the Cabinet decision taken to award selected foreign oil companies to import, distribute and sell petroleum products in Sri Lanka in the long term. The petition was filed by a group includi...

COLOMBO (News 1st); A Fundamental Rights application was filed with the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka on Friday challenging the Detention Order on Wasantha Mudalige, the Convener of the Inter-University Student's Federation. The FR application filed by Attorney-at-Law Ravihara Pinnaduwage also see...