COLOMBO (News 1st); The United Nations Development Programme in Sri Lanka launched its latest report on vulnerability on Friday (1). This report is titled "Understanding Multidimensional Vulnerabilities: Impact on People of Sri Lanka." This report presents findings from the Multidimensio...

COLOMBO (News 1st); The Archbishop of Colombo, His Eminence Malcolm Cardinal Ranjith slammed the Sri Lankan Government once again for delaying justice over the 2019 Easter Sunday Terror Attacks. "We are being informed of the existence of a group that provided all the support required by the te...

COLOMBO (News 1st); The QR-based system to pump fuel will be discontinued with effect from Friday (1). This was announced by the Minister of Power and Energy during a media briefing in Colombo. In August 2022, Sri Lanka introduced the National Fuel Pass QR-based fuel rationing system after long qu...

COLOMBO (News 1st); A discussion will be held at noon on Friday (1) between representatives of the private bus owners' associations and the officials of the National Transport Commission on whether the bus fares will increase in line with the fuel price hike. A decision will be reached regardin...

Despite the Right to Information (RTI) Act’s proactive disclosure requirement, only 18% and 25% of information required to be disclosed on large-scale infrastructure projects were proactively disclosed online in 2022 and 2023 respectively, according to Verité Research. Moreover, the in...