News Room : Urban poverty triples in Lanka – The Island
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,...
News Room : Executive presidency needed to deal with terrorism? Balderdash...
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...
News Room : Government lost majority! First time since Prez. elected...
It has been confirmed that the government led by President Ranil Wickramasinghe has lost the majority of 113 MPs for the first time in...
News Room : Mother remarried! Dad refused! A 15-year-old served a...
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...
News Room : Power sector reform proposals to Parliament next month:...
COLOMBO (News 1st) – Power and Energy Minister Kanchana Wijesekera says that proposals for the restructuring of the power sector are expected to be...
News Room : Open verdict on the death of the university...
The body of Sabaragamuwa University Kabaddi team captain Lasanta Harsha Dhananjaya, who was in his last year studying in the Department of Sports Science...
News Room : One dead after house collapsed in Grandpass
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...
News Room : Showers over 75mm predicted for evening
COLOMBO (News 1st) – The Meteorology Department says that showers or thundershowers will occur at times in Western, Sabaragamuwa, Central, North-Western and Northern provinces...
News Room : Report on restructuring energy sector within two weeks:...
COLOMBO (News 1st) – The Minister of Power and Energy Kanchana Wijesekera informed the National Council that the report of the committee on to...
News Room : Chicken prices down by Rs. 250
COLOMBO (News 1st) – The All Ceylon Poultry Businessmen's Association says that steps have been taken to reduce the price of one kilogram of...