Colombo (News 1st) - UPDATE: President Vladimir Putin is to address the nation shortly as the mutinous Wagner mercenary army claimed it has seized control of the major city of Rostov and threatened to march on Moscow if their demands are not met, international media reported. Russia's Wagner Gr...

Colombo (News 1st) - Russia's Wagner Group, the private army that has been fighting against Ukrainian forces in Ukraine alongside the Russian military, has mutinied and on Friday crossed the border into Russia, international media reported. Yevgeny Prigozhin, 62, the head of the Wagne...

COLOMBO (News 1st) - The Sri Lanka Foreign Employment Bureau informs the public to refrain from giving money to any external party for nursing jobs in Israel. The Bureau said that according to the Memorandum of Understanding between the two countries, Sri Lankans are entitled to nursing jobs i...

COLOMBO (News 1st) - The National Water Supply and Drainage Board says that there will be a 16-hour water cut in several areas of Colombo on Saturday (24). Accordingly, Water supply will be suspended in Colombo 11, 12, 13, 14, and 15, for 16 hours from 8 am to 12 midnight today. This is due t...