COLOMBO (News 1st); Sri Lanka's Met Department on Monday (20) issued a warning for heavy rainfall across multiple provinces.   ...

COLOMBO (News 1st); Two murder were reported in the Ratnapura and Lunugala areas. According to the police, a 32-year-old man was fatally beaten with a sharp weapon in the Dodampe area of Ratnapura. The incident is believed to have escalated from an argument. In Lunugala, a 36-year-old woman lost ...

COLOMBO (News 1st); All the passengers of the helicopter carrying the Iranian president and foreign minister were martyred, reported Iran's Mehr News Agency. A helicopter carrying President Ebrahim Raeisi and Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian crashed in a dense forest area in East Azarb...

COLOMBO (News 1st) - The Seetha Amman Kovil, a Hindu temple located in Seetha Eliya village, Nuwara Eliya, Sri Lanka, celebrated its grand Kumbhabhishekam Pooja on Sunday (19). This elaborate ceremony signifies the renewal and energizing of the temple's main idol deity. The Kumbhabhishekam poo...

COLOMBO (News 1st) - Sri Lanka on Sunday (19) honored the memory of the late Mr. R. Rajamahendran, the visionary leader who founded the Gammadda Movement, Sri Lanka's most impactful rural development program. On what would have been his 81st birthday, a special commemorative stamp and cover wer...