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If an agreement can be reached, US Ambassador to Sri Lanka Julie J. Chung stated that the US will provide assistance to the island nation through the IMF. She stated that the US will redouble its efforts to assist Sri...

Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa questioned the government on Monday (29) about the delay in appointing Chairmen for the two Parliament Watchdogs, the Committee on Public Enterprises (COPE) and the Committee on Public Accounts (COPA). "When the President was Prime Minister,...

Iraqi protestors, following Sri Lankan protestors' style, yesterday slammed the presidential palace following Supporters of Iraqi Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr stormed the government palace in protest on Monday, as the religious leader said he was resigning from politics. The religious...

Virat Kohli is an absolute beauty. He has a golden heart under his macho and aggressive persona. Again, he did something that brought him exceptional admiration from everyone. The 33-year-old former India skipper, accompanied by current Indian captain Rohit Sharma,...

The continuation of killings persists. Another shooting was reported yesterday in the Mattakuliya area in Colombo. According to the police, a 26-year-old resident of Mattakkuliya was seriously injured in a shooting that took place last night (29th) in Aliwatta area...

The Leader of the Opposition pointed out in Parliament today that although 60,000 graduates have been given jobs by 2019, only 465 have not received appointments. He requested the Prime Minister to take steps to provide jobs to those 465...

A complaint was made to the CID today that Mr. Rohitha Rajapaksa, son of former Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa, had a luxury resort near the Sinharaja forest. In a special statement to News 1st, Rohitha Rajapaksa said that he has...

The scheduled press conference was cancelled by S.B. and Siripala Gamlath to be held at the Pohottu office tomorrow (30) . The press conference was scheduled to be held tomorrow at 10 am, but the reasons for its sudden cancellation...

The 6th place in the UNICEF report of child malnutrition should be tabled in Parliament immediately Mr. Sajith Premadasa, the leader of the opposition, said today in parliament. He said that the program of providing lunch to school children should...

On the initiative of Mr. Basil Rajapaksa, a meeting was held at the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna party (SLPP) headquarters with the aim of informing about the current political situation in the country and the future activities of the Sri...