COLOMBO (News 1st): Health authorities say there is an increase in respiratory viral fever cases among children. A specialist at Lady Ridgeway Hospital for Children Deepal Perera said that symptoms include fever, cough, headache, vomiting, and cold.He highlighted the risk of shortness of breath...

COLOMBO (News 1st): Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan was today sentenced to 14 years in prison, and his wife Bushra Bibi to seven years in a case related to the misuse of authority and corruption involving Khan’s Al-Qadir University Project Trust.Khan was also given a fine of 1 million Pa...

COLOMBO (News 1st) - President Anura Kumara Dissanayake met with Secretary of the Sichuan Provincial Committee of the Chinese Communist Party Wang Xiaohui.According to the President's Media Division, the meeting aimed to strengthen ties between Sri Lanka and Sichuan, a province known for its economi...

COLOMBO (News 1st): Former Western Provincial Council member Salochana Gamage and Dushanta Dinesh Ratnayake,have been further remanded until the January 27.That was after being produced before the Colombo Chief Magistrate's Court.They were arrested while allegedly accepting a bribe of 9 million rupe...

COLOMBO (News 1st) - An accident was reported early this morning on the Southern Expressway, between Aparekka and Beliatta, when a bus carrying Russian tourists collided with a cement-laden lorry.The crash resulted in the death of the bus driver and left 15 tourists injured.The 15 injured tourists, ...