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Peradeniya Bridge Nears Completion

COLOMBO (News 1st); Sri Lanka Railways says efforts are underway to restore the country’s railway network, with key infrastructure projects progressin...

15-05-2026 | 6:48 PM

Potuhera–Rambukkana Stretch Set to Open by March

COLOMBO (News 1st); The Road Development Authority (RDA) states that the Potuhera–Rambukkana section of the Central Expressway could be opened for pub...

15-05-2026 | 6:45 PM

SC to Hear Petition on Shopping Bag Tax Funds

COLOMBO (News 1st); The Supreme Court has fixed a date to hear a petition seeking an order that tax revenue collected from the sale of shopping bags b...

15-05-2026 | 3:53 PM

Foreign National Arrested at BIA With Cocaine

COLOMBO (News 1st) - A foreign national was arrested at the Bandaranaike International Airport, Katunayake while attempting to smuggle nearly two kilo...

15-05-2026 | 2:14 PM

Elephant Attack Claims Lives Of Father & Daughter

COLOMBO (News 1st); Tragedy has struck the Moragaha Ulpatha area in Wilgamuwa, Matale, where a father and daughter were killed in a wild elephant atta...

15-05-2026 | 1:44 PM

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Police Apologize in Supreme Court

COLOMBO (News 1st); Three police officers, including the Deputy Inspector General (DIG) in charge of the Galle area at the time, today tendered an unconditional apology before the Supreme Court to a group of lawyers over an incident in which police disrupted a peaceful protest held near the Galle Fort during the 2022 economic crisis.The case relates to a fundamental rights petition filed by two Galle-based lawyers, Ajith Kumara and Amaradivakara ...

15-05-2026 | 5:22 PM

IOS Sagar Docks in Colombo with 16-Nation CreW

COLOMBO (News 1st); Indian Naval Ship Sunayna, deployed as IOS Sagar, arrived in Sri Lanka this morning, marking its seventh port call during the second edition of the deployment and highlighting a unique multinational effort at sea.The arrival of th...

15-05-2026 | 4:39 PM

Russia’s Putin Is Heading To China Next Week

Russian leader Vladimir Putin will pay a one-day visit to Beijing, just days after President Xi Jinping wraps up his closely watched summit with his American counterpart Donald Trump.Sources told the South China Morning Post that the visit was expect...

15-05-2026 | 3:58 PM

IOS Sagar Docks in Colombo with 16-Nation CreW

15-05-2026 | 4:39 PM

Russia’s Putin Is Heading To China Next Week

15-05-2026 | 3:58 PM

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Sanath Nishantha’s Brother Sentenced to Prison

COLOMBO (News 1st); The Chilaw High Court today (15) sentenced Jagath Samantha, a Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) member of the Arachchikattuwa Pradeshiya Sabha and brother of former State Minister Sanath Nishantha, to five and a half years of imprisonment.The judgment was delivered by Chilaw Hig...

15-05-2026 | 12:19 PM