COLOMBO (News 1st); Sri Lanka's National Audit Office revealed that the Sri Lanka Transport Board in its financial statements had concealed details of 18 SLTB buses that were damaged or destroyed in 2022. It is reported that following the unrest that broke out across Sri Lanka on the 9th of May...

  Select Committee of Parliament to look into and report to Parliament its recommendations to ensure gender equity and equality with special emphasis on looking into gender-based discriminations and violations of women’s rights in Sri Lanka instructed the respective authorities to implem...

COLOMBO (News 1st); Sri Lanka's Department of Immigration and Emigration said that from Thursday (18) passports will be issued to every person that visits the department in Battaramulla. The Immigration and Emigration Department's Controller General Harsha Ilukpitiya said the program to onl...

COLOMBO (News 1st); Sri Lanka's State Minister of Defence Premitha Bandara Thennakoon notes that the country would develop its disaster management sector to be on par with global standards. He said that Sri Lanka intends to develop the Disaster Management Centre as a global responder to assist ...

The National War Heroes’ Day alias ‘Victory Day’ that pays tribute to the valour of patriotic War Heroes who laid their lives against terrorism and division of the country is commemorated on 19 May at Battaramulla War Heroes’ Monument. The event will be held with the partici...