COLOMBO (News 1st) - The United Nations (UN) team in Sri Lanka and non-governmental organisations revised and extended their joint Humanitarian Needs and Priorities (HNP) Plan, which aims to provide life-saving assistance to 3.4 million people amid Sri Lanka’s worst economic crisis since indep...

COLOMBO (News 1st) - Sri Lanka President Ranil Wickremesinghe said that the country has had to face adverse repercussions due to the short sighted popular decisions taken in the past and unpopular decisions have had to be taken for the prospects of the country. The President made this observation o...

COLOMBO (News 1st) - Thuru Kepakaru, is a project initiated by S-Lon Lanka (Pvt) Ltd., and News 1st solely to preserve and protect the flora and fauna which make up the environment of Sri Lanka. Another leg of this program took place on Thursday (8) at the Dudley Senanayake College in Colombo. The...

COLOMBO (News 1st) - The National Building Research Organization says the air quality index (AQI) is likely to improve today (9). The Chief Scientist of the Air Pollution Management Unit, Sarath Premasiri said this situation is normalizing with the change of the wind. He further says the AQI in ma...

COLOMBO (News 1st) - The Department of Meteorology says that the Severe Cyclonic storm “Mandous” lay centred over Southwest Bay of Bengal (250km northeast of Trincomalee) near latitude 10.4N and longitude 82.6E at 08.30 p.m yesterday (8).  It is very likely to move west-northwestwa...