Colombo (News 1st): According to the United Professional Container Carriers Association, container transportation charges are expected to increase in relation to the increase in fuel prices. Its chairman, Wimalasena Varnasinghe, stated that the container transportation fees will be increased by 12....

Colombo (News 1st): According to the Ministry of Health, 400 types of medicines have been bought under emergency purchases and distributed to hospitals. Its Additional Secretary Dr. Saman Rathnayake stated that 378 types of medicines received under the Indian credit line have also been distrib...

Colombo (News 1st) - Former deputy PM and ruling party candidate Tharman Shanmugaratnam, 66, a descendant of Sri Lankan Tamils, swept to a landslide victory in the Singapore presidential election with 70.4% of the vote, becoming the first non-Chinese to win a presidential election, Singapore me...

Colombo (News 1st) - Egyptian tycoon Mohamed Al Fayed, the former owner of Harrods whose son Dodi died in a car crash in Paris with Princess Diana, has died aged 94, UK media reported Saturday. Al Fayed moved to the UK in the 1970s, but his application for British citizenship was repeatedly rejecte...