COLOMBO (News 1st) - A minor tremor has occurred in the Morawewa area of Trincomalee. The Geological Survey & Mines Bureau says the magnitude was 3.4. The tremor was reported at around 1.15 pm on Sunday (12). ...

COLOMBO (News 1st); Indian Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday (2) commissioned two oil tanks, each with 10,000 MT capacity, that were recently renovated & upgraded by Lanka IOC. This was during her visit to the Lanka IOC Tank Farms in Trincomalee, where she was accompanied by Gover...

COLOMBO (News 1st); Indian Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman opened a branch of the State Bank of India in Trincomalee on Thursday (2) during her official visit to Sri Lanka.  Senthil Thondaman, Governor of Eastern Province, Shri Gopal Baglay, India’s High Commissioner to Sri Lanka, an...

COLOMBO (News 1st); Indian Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman visited the revered Jaya Sri Maha Bodhi in Anuradhapura during her three-day visit to Sri Lanka on Wednesday (1). According to the Indian Finance Ministry, she engaged in religious observances as well. Prior to visiting Anuradhapura, I...

COLOMBO (News 1st); Indian Minister for Finance & Corporate Affairs Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman arrived in Sri Lanka on Wednesday (1) on an official three-day visit. During the visit, Sitharaman is expected to deliver the Keynote Address as the Guest of Honour at the ‘NAAM 200’organised...