Colombo (News 1st); The Magnitude 6.2 earthquake reported southwest of Sumatra, Indonesia will NOT affect Sri Lanka, said the Met. Department. An earthquake of magnitude 6.2 struck southwest of Sumatra, Indonesia, on Wednesday (Feb 10), the European Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) said....

Colombo (News 1st); An earthquake of magnitude 6.2 struck southwest of Sumatra, Indonesia, on Wednesday (Feb 10), the European Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) said. The quake was at a depth of 30km, EMSC said.  ...

Colombo (News 1st); Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa has advised the Central Bank to explore the possibility of scrapping the surcharged imposed by financial institutions, when settling leases and loans in full, ahead of the settlement date. According to the Finance Ministry, when a customer sett...

COLOMBO (News1st): The Colombo Stock Exchange closed on a negative today, with its benchmark Index losing 2.9 percent compared to yesterday. The All Share Price Index closed 231 Basis points lower to close at 7,732.43, while the more liquid S&P SL20 index lost 82.22 basis points to close at 3...

Colombo (News 1st);  Going virtual can be tricky, but for the first time, a lawyer appeared with a kitten filter on a conference call. [embed]https://youtu.be/KIC1TqkJrLE[/embed] A Texas lawyer accidentally left a kitten filter on during a video conference call with a judge and was unable to c...