COLOMBO (News 1st); Former Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa broke his silence and issued a statement for the first since being ousted in order to respond to the allegations made by the Channel 4 program on the Easter Sunday attacks. He said that the latest film by Channel 4 is mostly an anti...

Air Arabia Abu Dhabi is adding a new nonstop link between the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Sri Lanka from early next year as it continues to expand its route map further east. The LCC plans to make Colombo’s Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB)—serving Sri Lanka's capital&mdas...

COLOMBO (News 1st); Premitha Bandara Tennakoon, Sri Lanka's State Minister of Defence said that a committee will be appointed to probe the contents of the Channel4 program. "On the 20th of April 2019, these suicide bombers, while at Span Towers, Mount Lavinia, issued another pledge to esta...

The Sri Lanka Navy seized over 6230kg of Kendu leaves, during special search operations conducted in the month of August alone in 2023.  During these operations the Navy also apprehended 09 suspects and 03 dinghies in connection to these incidents. The Sri Lanka Navy conducts regular search o...

COLOMBO (News 1st); Sri Lankan health officials said that a significant increase in leprosy cases was observed in 2023. Officials said that a total of 864 patients were detected during the first seven months of the year, and 161 of these patients were from Colombo. The Anti Leprosy Campaign at Sri...