COLOMBO (News 1st) - The Sectoral Oversight Committee on Alleviating the Impact of the Economic Crisis states that a new agreement will be necessary to receive the second tranche from the International Monetary Fund.  The Chairman of the committee, Gamini Waleboda, says that only 38 out of the...

COLOMBO (News 1st) - In the 24 hours ending at 5 a.m. on Monday (02) morning, the highest rainfall in the island was recorded in Hambantota, with a measurement of 172 millimeters.  The Department of Meteorology predicts heavy rains of over 100 millimeters in some areas of Hambantota district t...

COLOMBO (News 1st) - Two suspects who attacked an excise officer and robbed money in Mathugama have been arrested. Sri Lanka police says that an officer who was deployed as a strategist for a drug raid was assaulted with a sharp weapon and robbed of the money. Heroin was also found in the possessi...

COLOMBO (News 1st) - Opposition leader Sajith Premadasa has expressed confidence about his participation at the next presidential election.  The Opposition Leader was responding to claims about his participation at the election, against the backdrop of the participation of Ranil Wickremesinghe...

COLOMBO (News 1st); Sri Lanka's opposition raised concerns on Monday (14) over an agreement struck by the government with a privately-owned foreign broadcasting organization, to sell the air-time of Channel Eye, a television channel owned by the Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation (SLRC). Spe...