COLOMBO (News 1st); Sri Lanka's CEB and India's largest integrated energy company, NTPC signed the agreement for the joint development of the 100 MW Sampur Solar Power Plant yesterday (11). The Indian High Commission stated that the High Commissioner attend the signing of the agreement, along wit...

COLOMBO (News 1st): A crocodile had walked into the Sampur Police Station on Sunday (29). Police officers scrambled to ensure that the people were not harmed and the crocodile was captured and released to the wild. With the assistance of the Trincomalee Wild Life Office rangers, the crocodile ...

Colombo (News 1st): The expenditure head of the Ministry of Highways, Road Development and Petroleum Resources Development and the Ministry of Power & Energy and Business Development were debated in Parliament today (March 29). Attention was focused on the prevailing power crisis in the country....

COLOMBO (News 1st) - The 47th commemoration of the late Philip Gunawardena was held in Colombo yesterday(March 27) under the auspices of opposition leader, Mahinda Rajapaksa. Several public representatives attended the event, the opposition leader paid floral tributes to the statue of Philip Gunawar...

Colombo (News1st) : A stock of Heroin worth Rs. 66 mn was discovered on the Sampur beach. Police media spokesperson SP Ruwan Gunasekara noted that the stock of heroin weighs 5.5kg and had been packaged in 21 parcels. The Sampur Police is carrying out investigations into the discovery  ...