COLOMBO (News1st); Commissioner General of Registration of Persons Pradeep Saputhanthri said the offices of the Department for Registration of Persons will remain open tomorrow (May 4) for candidates sitting for the GCE Ordinary Level Examination to obtain National Identity Cards (NICs). He said so...

COLOMBO (News1st); The Department of Meteorology has issued a heat index advisory for several provinces on Friday (03). The Met. Department said the heat index, or the temperature felt on the human body is expected to increase up to ‘Extreme Caution level’ at some places in the Nor...

COLOMBO (News1st); State Minister of Women and Child Affairs Geetha Kumarasinghe said a new bill will be tabled in Parliament to prevent domestic violence. The draft bill introduces many provisions such as the opportunity for a close relative to file a case on behalf of women who are victims o...

COLOMBO (News1st); Radiological Technologists in the cancer treatment unit of the Batticaloa Teaching Hospital launched a strike action on Friday (29). The strike will continue on Saturday (30) as well. President of the Government Radiological Technologists' Association Chanaka Dharmawick...

COLOMBO (News 1st); PET scans in government hospitals have been disrupted. The PET scanners at the National Hospital of Sri Lanka and the Maharagama Apeksha Hospital, which conducts the tests, are not operational. President of the Government Radiological Technologists Association Chanaka Dharmawic...