COLOMBO (News 1st); A rare hybrid solar eclipse occurs on April 20th. Director of the Astronomy and Space Science Unit of the Department of Physics, University of Colombo Prof. Chandana Jayaratne said that the celestial event will commence at 7:04 AM from the Indian Ocean and will end at 12:29 PM i...

COLOMBO (News 1st); The National Transport Commission said that the existing Semi-Luxury Bus Service will cease operations from May 2023. Director General of the National Transport Commission Commander (Rtd) Dr. Nilan Miranda told News 1st that the Semi-Luxury Bus Service will be converted to a nor...

COLOMBO (News 1st); TNA Spokesperson President's Counsel M. A. Sumanthiran said the IMF agreement is yet to be tabled in Parliament. "When discussions opened with the International Monetary Fund, I questioned the President in Parliament whether the agreement will be revealed to Parliament ...

COLOMBO (News 1st) - The global economic outlook remains fragile as countries continue to face difficult economic policy trade-offs amid multiple overlapping crises, threatening progress towards the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.  In response, the 2023 ECOSOC Financing for Developmen...

COLOMBO (News 1st); The revised fuel quota will be in effect for another week, announced the Ceylon Petroleum Corporation on Tuesday (18). Mohamed Uvais Mohamed, the Chairman of the Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) said the fuel consumption for the period when the quota was increased will be anal...