COLOMBO (News 1st); President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has taken on several critical ministerial portfolios.The President will now oversee Defence, Finance, Economic Development, Policy Planning, Tourism, Energy, Agriculture, Lands, Livestock, Irrigation, Fisheries, and Aquatic Resources.Vijitha Her...

COLOMBO (News 1st); In a remarkable turn of events, a 32-year-old Sri Lankan man who had been missing since April 17th, following a decision to leap over a safety fence near the path leading to Adam's Peak, has been located safe and alive. The Sri Lanka Police revealed that the man, accompanied...

COLOMBO (News 1st); A delegation from India's Amul Company arrived in Sri Lanka to conduct inspections of farms owned by the National Livestock Development Board.  The inspections, which began yesterday, are part of a preliminary assessment before the farms are potentially leased to Amul. ...

COLOMBO (News 1st); Plans are in place to give all farms owned by the National LiveStock Development Board on lease, for a joint venture between two Indian and Sri Lankan companies. Accordingly, 32,000 acres of 32 farms belonging to the NLDB will be given on lease, and the valuation of the animals ...

COLOMBO (News 1st); Poultry farmers in Sri Lanka allege that the government is attempting to sell off poultry farms to overseas companies. The Collective To Protect the Poultry Farmers said that the 'Ranil-Rajapaksa' government has already inked an agreement to sell off the National Livesto...