COLOMBO (News 1st); Sri Lanka Police arrested three men for stealing vehicles and re-selling them by changing the chassis and engine numbers. The suspects were arrested from Kesbewa, Moragahahena, and Homagama. During the arrests, eight three wheelers that were purchased with a lease found with fa...

COLOMBO (News 1st); Sri Lanka's Minister of Power and Energy said that GPS tracking systems will be fixed to all CPC owned Fuel tankers by 15th April and the process will be implemented for all private tankers later on. He said that at a progress review meeting with the Ceylon Petroleum Corpora...

COLOMBO (News 1st); The Ceylon Electricity Board announced that it acquired the 163 MW Combined Cycle Power Plant which was operated by Sojitz Kelanitissa (Pvt) Limited on 28th March 2023. The acquiring process was initiated on the latter part of year 2022, in accordance with the terms and conditio...

UN: Israeli forces stormed Al-Aqsa mosque, also commonly known as al-Qibli mosque, overnight, arresting more than 350 people, according to media reports.    UN Middle East envoy Tor Wennesland on Wednesday appealed for Israeli and Palestinian leaders to exercise restraint following the la...

COLOMBO (News 1st); The Sri Lankan Government published its new Anti-Corruption Bill via a gazette. The Bill was published by order of the Minister of Justice, Prison Affairs, and Constitutional Reforms. The bill can be accessed here. ...