COLOMBO (News 1st); The government is considering the possibility of granting a one-year service extension to police officers who have reached the age of 60 and maintained a satisfactory service record, Minister of Public Security and Parliamentary Affairs Ananda Wijepala said.The Minister made the ...

COLOMBO (News 1st); A police officer arrested in connection with the murder of a man whose body was discovered submerged in the Gin Ganga has been remanded until August 17.The order was issued today after the suspect was produced before Baddegama Magistrate Sanath Nanayakkara.The remand order comes ...

COLOMBO (News 1st); A five-judge bench of the Court of Appeal today ordered that the case filed against former Minister Johnston Fernando and other accused over allegations of causing a loss of nearly Rs. 60 million to the State by deploying employees of the Co-operative Wholesale Establishment (CWE...

COLOMBO (News 1st); The Government of India has donated 500 litres of technical-grade Malathion insecticide to Sri Lanka to further strengthen ongoing dengue control programmes across the country.The donation was officially handed over today to Minister of Health and Mass Media Dr. Nalinda Jayatissa...

COLOMBO (News 1st); Cabinet Spokesman and Minister Dr. Nalinda Jayatissa says a mandatory investigation must be conducted into remarks made by Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) General Secretary Attorney-at-Law Sagara Kariyawasam during a media briefing yesterday, which the government believes sugg...