COLOMBO (News 1st);  Sri Lanka's Central Bank on Wednesday (23) has issued a strong warning over investing in pyramid schemes. The Central Bank posted a notice on facebook requesting the public to exercise caution on easy money-making schemes.     ...

The State Minister for Education Aravind Kumar announced plans for the recruitment of eight thousand teachers for government schools in the near future.  He indicated that this recruitment will include 5,500 graduate teachers and 2,500 teachers specializing in second language instruction. Sta...

COLOMBO (News 1st); Two people were gunned down in the Mullikandal area in Mannar on Thursday (24) morning. Sri Lanka Police said that they were shot at while traveling on a motorcycle. The Adampan Police is conducting an investigation into the double homicide.  ...

COLOMBO (News 1st); A Dutch cultural delegation led by Gunay Uslu, State Secretary for Culture and Media in the Netherlands will be visiting Sri Lanka from 27th to 31st August.  The State Secretary is making a special visit to Sri Lanka to sign the legal document transferring the ownership of ...

SriLankan Airlines said that news reports of Flight UL 195 from Colombo to Delhi making an emergency landing at the Indira Gandhi International Airport on Wednesday (23 August 2023) are false and that no emergency was declared for UL 195. The national carrier said that the flight did, however, enco...