COLOMBO (News 1st); India Women won GOLD after defeating Sri Lanka Women by 19 runs in the Asian Games Women's Cricket Competition. As per the result, Sri Lanka Women won the Silver medal. India Women: 116/7 (20) Sri Lanka Women: 97/9 (20)   ...

COLOMBO (News 1st); The World Bank has said that it will continue to support the Aswesuma social welfare benefit program to protect Sri Lanka's poor and vulnerable. Faris H. Hadad-Zervos, the World Bank Country Director for Maldives, Nepal and Sri Lanka posted on X, formerly known as Twitter, t...

The Shipping Corporation of India (SCI) is to commence high-speed passenger ferry service from Nagapattinam, Tamil Nadu to Kankasanthurai, Sri Lanka. The ferry service is likely to commence operations from the first week of October 2023. Sources in the Shipping Corporation of India told IANS that ...

COLOMBO (News 1st); Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe is expected to attend the Berlin Global Dialogue. Berlin Global Dialogue is a new international forum that unites leaders from business and policy to find joint solutions for a global economy in transition. The Berlin Global Dialogue is...

A police manhunt is underway for two male Sri Lankan suspects over their alleged involvement in the murders of three of their fellow countrymen at a shophouse on Perhentian Street in Lower Kovil Village, Sentul. Kuala Lumpur police chief Datuk Allaudeen Abdul Majid said both suspects were staying a...