COLOMBO (News 1st) - Health Authorities are warning of a potential Leptospirosis (Rat fever) outbreak in flood-affected areas. The Epidemiology Unit has identified Ratnapura, Galle, Kalutara, Kurunegala, Kegalle, and Matara districts as high-risk zones.Around 10,000 cases of rat fever have been...

COLOMBO (News 1st) - The Agricultural and Agrarian Insurance Board has urged farmers to report crop damage caused by the adverse weather in recent days by the 10th of December. Chairman of the Board Pemasiri Jasingarachchi announced that officials will visit the affected lands to assess the ext...

COLOMBO (News 1st) - Assistant Secretary of State for the Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs, Donald Lu, who is currently on an official visit to Sri Lanka, met with top Sri Lankan officials today.The U.S. delegation led by Donald Lu met with Speaker of Parliament, Ashoka Ranwala, to discuss ...

COLOMBO (News 1st) - A U.S. delegation led by Assistant Secretary of State for the Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs, Donald Lu, met with Sri Lankan Prime Minister Dr. Harini Amarasuriya in Colombo on Friday (06).U.S. Ambassador to Sri Lanka, Julie Chung, posted on X (formerly Twitter), that...

COLOMBO (News 1st) - The Sri Lanka Navy took hold of about 45kg and 500g (wet weight) of Kerala cannabis adrift in waters, during a special operation conducted in the sea area of Delft Island, Jaffna yesterday. The operation led to the recovery of 02 suspicious polythene sacks drifting in Delft...