COLOMBO (News 1st) - Sri Lanka Navy apprehended 06 persons who were suspected to be attempting to illegally migrate to a foreign country by sea, during a search operation carried out in seas off Sand Banks, Talaimannar on 27th September 2022. Sri Lanka Navy has been conducting regular search operat...

COLOMBO (News 1st) - The latest report from the World Food Program reveals that four in ten housholds in Sri Lanka are consuming inadequate diets. The World Food Program said that the intensifying economic crisis continues to threaten food security, and the persistence of high food and fuel prices ...

COLOMBO (News 1st) - The Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna has decided to strip the SLPP Local Government Member who was arrested over the Thambuttegama Bank Heist of his party membership. SLPP General Secretary Attorney Sagara Kariyawasam told reported on Wednesday (28) that the matter was internally pr...

(New York) – The Sri Lankan government should reverse a new regulation that unlawfully restricts protests in large areas of the capital, Colombo, Human Rights Watch said on Tuesday (27).  On September 24, 2022, a day after the measure was issued, police arrested 84 people and used tear g...

COLOMBO (News 1st) - Sri Lanka Police launched an investigation into an Rs. 10 Million Gold Heist from a Piliyandala residence. Police said the robbers had broken into the house of a businessman on Tuesday (27) afternoon and stolen gold jewelry weighing over 66 pounds. ...