By Meera Sirinivasan
As Sri Lankans continue braving their worst economic crisis since Independence, urban poverty on the island has tripled in the last year, from 5% to 15 %, according to a recent World Bank report.Sri Lanka is experiencing...
Seeks rehabilitation of cabinet
Sri Lanka’s Supreme Court on Thursday came under a scathing attack in parliament during the debate on the 22nd constitutional amendment with TNA legislator M. A. Sumanthiran accusing the highest judiciary of swinging like a pendulum....
It has been confirmed that the government led by President Ranil Wickramasinghe has lost the majority of 113 MPs for the first time in the voting held to adopt the 22nd constitution.
Although 179 votes were received in favor of...
An incident where a child was brutally beaten and tortured for 4 years was reported from Kelaniya Dippitigama area.
During the police investigations, it was revealed that the owners of the house where the child grew up had beaten and...
COLOMBO (News 1st) – Power and Energy Minister Kanchana Wijesekera says that proposals for the restructuring of the power sector are expected to be submitted to the Parliament next month.
In a Twitter message, the Minister said that he has...
The body of Sabaragamuwa University Kabaddi team captain Lasanta Harsha Dhananjaya, who was in his last year studying in the Department of Sports Science and Physical Education and died under suspicious circumstances, was brought to his residence in Palpola,...
COLOMBO (News 1st) – One person has died after a wall collapsed into a house down St. Joseph's Street in Grandpass.
Police said a 55-year-old resident of Grandpass was found dead in the incident.
The victim had visited a nearby house...
COLOMBO (News 1st) – The Meteorology Department says that showers or thundershowers will occur at times in Western, Sabaragamuwa, Central, North-Western and Northern provinces and in Galle and Matara districts on Saturday (22).
Accordingly, fairly heavy showers above 75 mm...
COLOMBO (News 1st) – The Minister of Power and Energy Kanchana Wijesekera informed the National Council that the report of the committee on to the restructuring of the energy sector will be submitted to the National Council within two...
COLOMBO (News 1st) – The All Ceylon Poultry Businessmen's Association says that steps have been taken to reduce the price of one kilogram of chicken by Rs. 250/-.
Its Chairman Ajith Gunasekara said that the new price of a kilogram...