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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...

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 re...

11-07-2025 | 1:39 PM

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

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President Calls For Stronger Public Service

Colombo(News 1st); President Anura Kumara Dissanayake says that political leadership and the state machinery must work together to uplift the lives of the people. He made these comments while attending the Hambantota District Development Committee meeting.The President also announced that the upcoming budget will include provisions to provide new vehicles for government officials engaged in fieldwork, including Divisional Secretaries, as man...

11-07-2025 | 10:30 PM

US Lowers Tariffs on Sri Lankan Exports to 30%

Colombo(News 1st); The United States has reduced the proposed reciprocal tariff on Sri Lankan exports from 44% to 30%, according to a letter sent by President Donald Trump to President Anura Kumara Dissanayake earlier this week. The tariffs are ...

11-07-2025 | 10:23 PM

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 ...

11-07-2025 | 7:58 PM

US Lowers Tariffs on Sri Lankan Exports to 30%

11-07-2025 | 10:23 PM

Court To Consider Nalin’s Appeal On August 25

11-07-2025 | 7:58 PM

Local News

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 Minister Keheliya Rambukwella and 11 other defendants in connection with the alleged distribution of substandard vaccines within Sri Lanka’s hospital sy...

11-07-2025 | 12:35 PM