COLOMBO (News 1st); Sri Lanka's Court of Appeal said that the decision to issue summons on State Minister Sanatha Nishantha with respect to the petitions filed alleging that he commited contemt of court, will be announced on the 29th of September 2022. The two petitions were filed alleging that...

COLOMBO (News 1st); The multi-sector mechanism to empower rural economic revitalization centres to ensure food security and nutrition was initiated under the patronage of President Ranil Wickremesinghe on Tuesday (13). The vision of the Food Security Programme of the Government is to ensure every c...

COLOMBO (News 1st); Ambassador Chen Xu, Permanent Representative of China to the United Nations Office at Geneva and other international organizations in Switzerland, met with Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Sabri, who was in Geneva to attend the 51st Session of the Human Rights Council.  Ambassad...

COLOMBO (News 1st); The Kurunegala Municipal Council and several other Government institutions on Tuesday (13) admitted that there are many unauthorized constructions in the vicinity of Kurunegala town. The Municipal Council and other Government bodies appeared at the Human Rights Commission of Sr...

COLOMBO (News 1st); The Ministry of Labor and Foreign Employment has introduced three telephone numbers to obtain information including issues related to obtaining the electric vehicle import license for expatriate workers. Recently, the Cabinet of Ministers approved a proposal deeming compensation...