COLOMBO (News 1st); Sri Lanka Police informed the Anuradhapura Chief Magistrate on Tuesday (19) that the assistance of the Police Intelligence Service will be obtained in the investigations underway over the incident where shots were fired at the car driven by MP Uddika Premarathna. In addition, th...

COLOMBO (News 1st); WhatsApp Channels are now available in Sri Lanka, India and over 150 countries.  This comes after the messaging app decided to change its 'Status' section to 'Updates', and channels can be found in the new tab called Updates where you will find status and ch...

Colombo (News 1st) - Sirasa TV, which brought you the highly popular talent shows “The Voice” and “The Voice Teens”, on Tuesday (19th) announced the launch of its latest programme “The Voice Kids”. The Voice Kids will commence on Saturday 23rd September at 7.30 p...

(PMD) President Ranil Wickremesinghe participated in the ‘Ocean Nations: The 3rd Annual Indo-Pacific Islands Dialogue,’ moderated by Dan Baer, Senior Vice President for Policy Research at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and hosted by the Carnegie Endowment and Sasakawa Fou...

The Centre for Policy Alternatives (CPA) notes that the revised Bill of the proposed Anti-Terrorism Act (ATA)continues to include problematic provisions, such as the overbroad framing of the offence of terrorism, authorizing prolonged detention without charge including with extended remand periods, ...