US President Donald Trump has confirmed that he secretly swapped planes as he left a Nato summit in Turkey last month due to a possible threat."I go by Secret Service and the military. They wanted me to go in a different flight, different plane," Trump told reporters. "I just have to do what they sa...

COLOMBO (News 1st); "Sri Lanka does not have an Olympic gold medal. I will bring that gold medal to Sri Lanka."Those were the words of newly crowned world number one javelin thrower Rumesh Tharanga, who says his greatest achievement may still lie ahead despite already rewriting the history books of ...

COLOMBO (News 1st); The post-Cold War international order is rapidly giving way to a new global balance of power shaped by rising geopolitical competition, economic nationalism and growing resistance to traditional great-power dominance, according to internationally renowned international relations ...

COLOMBO (News 1st); India has called on Sri Lanka to proceed with Provincial Council elections at the earliest while reaffirming its support for the full implementation of constitutional provisions aimed at addressing the aspirations of the Tamil community, during Indian Foreign Secretary Vikram Mis...

COLOMBO (News 1st); Indian Foreign Secretary Shri Vikram Misri held high-level discussions with President Anura Kumara Dissanayake in Colombo.The meeting reaffirmed the close and growing partnership between India and Sri Lanka while reviewing a range of bilateral initiatives and development projects...