Colombo (News 1st) – Ketchup giant Heinz is trying to locate Elvis Francois, the sailor from Dominica who survived alone at sea for several weeks by eating ketchup, to gift him a new state-of-the-art boat. But the saucy sailor can’t be found and Heinz has taken to social media to appeal ...

Colombo (News 1st) – The Head of Nigeria’s National Electoral Commission on Saturday apologized to voters for delays being experienced in some parts of the country in the largest ever election in history on the continent of Africa. Election chief Mahmood Yakubu told a media briefing tha...

COLOMBO (News 1st) - The Fort Magistrate Court has issued an order preventing a group of 26 including Leader of the Jathika Jana Balavegaya Anura Kumara Dissanayaka from entering areas around the President's Office, President House and Galle Face from 01 pm - 08 pm on Sunday (26). This was in r...

COLOMBO (News 1st) - Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena has denied reports claiming that he will resign. Prime Minister Gunawardena told News 1st that the false reports are a plot aimed at sobotaging the programs of the Sri Lankan government. He said that no such proposal or discussion had taken pl...

COLOMBO (News1st) - In a letter to the speaker of Parliament, Parlimentarian Rohini Kaviratne has requested that disciplinary action be taken against the Minister of Education,Susil Premajayantha for insulting her in obscene language during parliamentary proceedings. The MP points out that the stat...