COLOMBO (News 1st): Two suspects have been arrested with 728 T-56 ammunition in the Neriyakulam area of Vavuniya.The arrests were made as part of ongoing investigations into the recent recovery of buried explosives and ammunition in the Settikulam area.Earlier, authorities recovered 86 hand grenades...

COLOMBO (News 1st) - The Ministry of Lands and Irrigation has announced that construction work on the Uma Oya Lower Valley Development Project, which had previously been stalled, will resume on June 23.Deputy Minister Susil Ranasinghe says that a total of Rs. 5 billion has been allocated for irrigat...

COLOMBO (News 1st); An elephant that was injured in a collision with a lorry on the Habarana-Maradankadawala road near Galapitagala has been found by wildlife officers this (14) morning near an irrigation tank in the Labunoruwa area of the Thirappane Divisional Secretariat.On 7th March, a elephant, ...

COLOMBO (News 1st): Sri Lanka Police seized 123 live ammunition rounds from a Colombo-Badulla bus, in Bandarawela.The live ammunition rounds were seized during a search operation conducted based on a tip-off received by the Police.The stock of ammunition rounds were found in a concealed metal box th...

COLOMBO (News 1st) - The number of fatalities due to disasters linked to heavy rainfall, has risen to 16. The Disaster Management Center (DMC) says that 19 have also been injured. 465,746 individuals are reported to have been affected by the adverse weather conditions experienced by the co...