The Supreme Court of India on Friday suspended opposition Congress party leader Rahul Gandhi's conviction in a defamation case, an order that will allow him to return to parliament and contest national elections due next year. Gandhi was convicted in March in a case brought by a lawmaker from t...

COLOMBO (News 1st); Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe had said that the government would only heed advice from the Parliament with regard to the debt optimization process. Addressing the coconut growers' conference, President Ranil Wickremesinghe asserted that only Parliament holds auth...

(Bloomberg) -- Sri Lanka sought to calm investors over volatility in its currency after the rupee fell the most in Asia last month, with a central bank official saying there isn’t significant pressure from current-account flows in the near term. The moves in the rupee are due to speculation a...

COLOMBO (News 1st); Political party leaders have been informed to submit their proposals & suggestions regarding the 13th Amendment to the Constitution on or before August 15th. This is as per the agreement reached during the all-party conference convened by the President on the 26th of July 20...

COLOMBO (News 1st); The Ceylon Electricity Board has submitted a request to the Public Utilities Commission to increase electricity tariffs again.  The President's Media Division had highlighted that discussions were held during the cabinet meeting on ensuring an uninterrupted supply of el...