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Cabinet Greenlights Overseas Scholarship Program!

COLOMBO (News 1st); Sri Lanka's Cabinet has approved a Rs. 200 million scholarship initiative to support top-performing students from the GCE Advanced...

02-07-2025 | 4:17 PM

Rs. 60M Drug Shipment Intercepted at Customs!

COLOMBO (News 1st); Sri Lanka Customs has intercepted a parcel containing Rs. 60 million worth of cocaine and kush, smuggled into the country through ...

02-07-2025 | 4:12 PM

SriLankan and Airport Authority Under Probe

COLOMBO (News 1st); The Cabinet has approved the formation of a Presidential Special Investigation Committee to probe financial irregularities at SriL...

02-07-2025 | 2:23 PM

Elon Musk’s Starlink Launches in Sri Lanka

COLOMBO (News 1st): Elon Musk announced via X, (Formerly known as Twitter) that Starlink’s high-speed, low-latency satellite internet service is now o...

02-07-2025 | 12:06 PM

Sri Lanka’s Budget Timeline Set

COLOMBO (News 1st); Sri Lanka’s 2026 national budget will be presented to Parliament in October 2025, with the second reading (budget speech) schedule...

02-07-2025 | 12:05 PM

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Thailand Gets One-Day Acting Prime Minister

Thailand minister Suriya Jungrungreangkit is all set to lead the nation as the acting prime minister. His tenure will span one full day, on Wednesday (2).The development came a day after Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra was suspended on Tuesday (1) over a complaint linked to a leaked phone call.It was alleged that during the phone call, Paetongtarn appeared to criticise the army and side with Cambodia in a border dispute — a potential breach...

02-07-2025 | 1:54 PM

Santosh Jha Calls for Startup Synergy

COLOMBO (News 1st); India’s High Commissioner to Sri Lanka, Santosh Jha, has urged both nations to build a shared future of innovation, anchored in digital public infrastructure (DPI) and driven by the entrepreneurial spirit of youth.Speaking at a hi...

02-07-2025 | 12:51 PM

Yoshitha Rajapaksa, Daisy Forrest Indicted

COLOMBO (News 1st); Former President Mahinda Rajapaksa’s son, Yoshitha Rajapaksa, and his grandmother Daisy Forrest Wickramasinghe were formally indicted today (2) before the Colombo High Court on charges under Sri Lanka’s Prevention of Money Launder...

02-07-2025 | 12:17 PM

Santosh Jha Calls for Startup Synergy

02-07-2025 | 12:51 PM

Yoshitha Rajapaksa, Daisy Forrest Indicted

02-07-2025 | 12:17 PM

Local News

Drug and Fraud Suspects Deported from India

COLOMBO (News 1st); Three suspects linked to serious criminal activities have been deported from India to Sri Lanka.According to Police Spokesperson, Assistant Superintendent of Police F.U. Wootler, the suspects — one allegedly involved in drug trafficking and two others connected to financial fraud...

02-07-2025 | 11:11 AM