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Sri Lanka’s 2025 A/L Exam Dates Announced

COLOMBO (News 1st); Sri Lanka’s Department of Examinations has officially announced the schedule for the 2025 G.C.E. Advanced Level (A/L) examination,...

11-07-2025 | 1:20 PM

Yoshitha, Daisy Face Money Laundering Trial

COLOMBO (News 1st); The Colombo High Court has scheduled July 28 as the hearing date for the high-profile money laundering case filed against Yoshitha...

11-07-2025 | 1:04 PM

UK Opens Doors to SL Goods with Zero-Tariffs

COLOMBO (News 1st); Sri Lanka is set to benefit from a major upgrade to the United Kingdom’s Developing Countries Trading Scheme (DCTS), which will si...

11-07-2025 | 12:49 PM

Printing Delay Postpones Charges Against Keheliya

COLOMBO (News 1st); The Colombo Permanent Trial-at-Bar today scheduled September 16 as the date to formally serve indictments against former Health Mi...

11-07-2025 | 12:35 PM

Sri Lankans Caught In Int Scheme Raid

COLOMBO (News 1st); Two Sri Lankan nationals are among 149 individuals arrested in a large-scale raid on a scam call centre in Faisalabad, Pakistan, a...

11-07-2025 | 10:48 AM

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Court To Consider Nalin’s Appeal On August 25

Colombo(News 1st); The Permanent trial at bar of the Colombo High Court ordered that the appeal request to the Former Minister of Trade, Nalin Fernando who has been ordered to be in rigourous imprisonment be taken up for consideration on the 25th of August. The appeal was called up before the high court justices Mahen Weeraman, Pradeep Abeyrathne and Amali Ranaweera.President's Counsel Kalinga Indatissa, appearing for defendant Nalin Fernand...

11-07-2025 | 7:58 PM

HC Sets July 28 for Mervyn’s Corruption Case

COLOMBO (News 1st); The Colombo High Court has scheduled July 28 to hear the corruption case filed against former Labour and Public Relations Minister Mervyn Silva, who stands accused of maintaining millions of rupees worth of assets, vehicles, and b...

11-07-2025 | 1:47 PM

13,392 Students Score Straight A’s in O/L Exam

COLOMBO (News 1st); The Department of Examinations has announced that 230,026 students have qualified to pursue Advanced Level studies based on the results of the recent G.C.E. Ordinary Level (O/L) examination. This represents 73.45% of the total can...

11-07-2025 | 1:39 PM

HC Sets July 28 for Mervyn’s Corruption Case

11-07-2025 | 1:47 PM

13,392 Students Score Straight A’s in O/L Exam

11-07-2025 | 1:39 PM

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Corruption Linked to X-Press Pearl Case

COLOMBO (News 1st); Minister of Environment, Dr. Dhammika Patabendige, has announced plans to appoint a special committee to investigate allegations of corruption and irregularities in the legal proceedings related to the X-Press Pearl maritime disaster.The Minister stated that the committee will be...

11-07-2025 | 10:22 AM