COLOMBO (News 1st); Sri Lanka Police said that six people were arrested for allegedly assaulting MP Selvarasa Gajendran and several others in Sardapura.  Tamil National People's Front (TNFP), MP Selvarasa Gajendran and several others had organized a motorcade in remembrance of Rasaiah Part...

COLOMBO (News 1st); International maritime tracking data showed that the  Chinese geophysical scientific research vessel Shi yan 6, which has also attracted India's attention, will reach the port of Colombo on the 29th of September. However, Sri Lanka's Minister of Foreign Affairs said...

COLOMBO (News 1st); Three police teams are investigating the shooting that took place close to the Maligakanda Magistrate's Court complex during the weekend. Sri Lanka Police said that no clear information has surfaced with regard to the shooters or the motive for the shooting. Police said tha...

COLOMBO (News 1st); Sri Lanka Police said that a joint investigation is underway over the escape attempt made by underworld gangster Nadun Chinthaka, aka 'Harak Kata'. Police Spokesperson SSP Nihal Thalduwa told News 1st that the Colombo Crimes Division and the Counterterrorism Investigatio...

COLOMBO (News 1st) - Chairman of Sathosa, Pasanda Yapa Abeywardena says that 292 employees have been placed on compulsory leave starting from the 30th of September. He noted that this group of employees, who were not part of the original establishment of the Lanka Sathosa Company, which replaced th...