COLOMBO (News 1st) - Sri Lanka is proposing to explore the possibility of exporting marijuana. President Ranil Wickremesinghe delivering the 2023 Budget speech said that a committee of experts will be appointed to explore the possibility of cultivating marijuana in Sri Lanka ONLY for export purpose...

COLOMBO (News 1st) - The 2023 Budget document has proposed that vehicles seized by Sri Lanka Customs owing to non-payment of applicable taxes and other reasons, will be released from Sri Lanka Customs, subject to the payment of applicable taxes and fines. The document notes that the vehicles fallin...

COLOMBO (News 1st) - US President Joe Biden and Chinese leader Xi Jinping met for their first official meeting on Monday (14) in Bali. Joe Biden and Xi Jinping sat down at their tables, flanked by officials on each side. Biden and Xi both did not wear masks, while the other officials in the room al...

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COLOMBO (News 1st) - Four MPs who contested from the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna and decided to become independent have cross over to the opposition, and will become a faction of the Samagi Jana Sandanaya. The move came after talks with Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa at his office in the Parlia...