COLOMBO (News 1st); Seventeen Sri Lankans have been permitted to leave Gaza on Thursday (2), said the Gaza Borders and Crossings Authority. According to international media, the Gaza Borders and Crossings Authority has released a list of 596 foreign and dual nationals from 15 countries who will be ...

Doctors Without Borders (MSF) said yesterday that it had rescued 440 migrants from an overcrowded fishing boat in international waters off the coast of Malta, after trying to carry out the rescue for more than 11 hours According to MSF among the rescued migrants were Sri Lankans while the others we...

COLOMBO (News 1st) - The  People’s Tribunal on the Murder of Journalists presented its verdict on Monday (19), declaring that the Governments of Mexico, Sri Lanka and Syria are guilty of all human rights violations brought against them. Moreover, the tribunal was also of the opinion that...

COLOMBO (News 1st); The Australian Border Force Cutter (ABFC) - Ocean Shield, carrying 46 illegal immigrants from Sri Lanka, arrived at the Port of Colombo yesterday (05).  The group of illegal immigrants from Sri Lanka was held by the Australian Border Force on 21st July at the Australia&rsqu...

COLOMBO (News 1st); Reporters Without Borders (Reporters sans frontières) has urged the Sri Lankan Government to allow the media to do its job as it would help in resolving the crisis in the country. The organization points out that the Government's undeclared goal of blocking social media recent...