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 ...

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

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

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 ...

Two suspects arrested in Bokundara, Piliyandala, with drugs valued at Rs. 300 million are being investigated under seven-day deten - Get the latest breaking news and top stories from Sri Lanka, the ...