COLOMBO (News 1st): The Department of Meteorology has issued an Amber Heat index Advisory covering several provinces. Accordingly, the Heat index, the temperature felt on human body is expected to increase up to ‘Caution level’ at some places in Northern, North-central, North-western, Western a...

COLOMBO (News 1st): Sri Lanka has received laboratory reports from India and Germany regarding the human immunoglobulin drug. The police confirmed that a team of officers had traveled to those countries to obtain the reports. The Attorney General's Department stated that the reports will b...

COLOMBO (News 1st);In a letter to President of the Bar Association of Sri Lanka Anura B. Meddegoda, daughter of late Sri Lankan journalist Lasantha Wickrematunge critiques what appears to be a double standard in the way the Bar Association has handled two separate high-profile cases involving the al...

COLOMBO (News 1st); The Central Bank of Sri Lanka has released its first Monetary Policy Report for 2025.Key highlights from the first Monetary Policy Report for 2025 released by the Central Bank of Sri Lanka includes:• The monetary policy stance was further eased in late 2024, while the accommodati...

COLOMBO (News 1st); The Department of Forest Conservation has issued a warning to the public to avoid setting fires in protected areas and forests during the dry season.Director General Nishantha Edirisinghe emphasized that such actions could severely impact the sensitive ecosystems of the central h...