Cabinet has approved to grant a fertilizer subsidy of Rs. 30,000 per hectare for paddy and other field crops cultivated ...

COLOMBO (News 1st) – The Department of Meteorology says the El Niño phenomenon is expected to begin affecting the country's weather from next month. Director of Forecasting at the Department of ...

COLOMBO (News1st); The Monetary Policy Board, at its meeting held yesterday, decided to maintain the Overnight Policy Rate (OPR) at the current level of 8.75%. The Board arrived at this decision after ...

COLOMBO (News 1st); Security around Fort Magistrate Pasan Amarasena has been strengthened following the receipt of a letter containing an alleged death threat. The letter in question was received on ...

COLOMBO (News 1st) - The Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) has revised fuel prices with effect from midnight today (30th). The price of a litre of Octane 92 petrol has been increased by Rs.15 ...

COLOMBO (News1st);The period granted to pay income tax for the 2025/2026 assessment year ends today. Individuals and businesses subject to corporate income tax, individual income tax, and partnership ...

COLOMBO (News 1st): Sri Lanka's post-Cyclone Ditwah recovery effort received strong support today (30) after the World Bank approved US$110 million in new financing to repair and reconstruct ...

COLOMBO (News 1st): It begins with a proud parent posting a photograph. A funny video. A child's first dance performance. A family vlog. Moments shared with love, often receiving hundreds or even ...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- A Japanese court ruled Wednesday that voices are protected as a publicity right, similar to portrait rights, in the first such ruling in the country. The Tokyo District Court, however ...

COLOMBO(News1st);The death toll from the recent shooting in Halpathota, Baddegama, has risen to three following the death of ...

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has proposed the development of a comprehensive Medium-Term Revenue Strategy as the foundati - Get the latest breaking news and top stories from Sri Lanka, the ...

The use of a plot of land valued at Rs. 44.5 million, belonging to the wife of drug trafficker Ranasinghe Arachchige Saman Kumara, - Get the latest breaking news and top stories from Sri Lanka, the ...