COLOMBO (News 1st); Public Security Minister Ananda Wijepala made explosive claims in Parliament, alleging that former State Intelligence Service Chief, retired Major General Suresh Salley, had prior knowledge of and actively conspired in connection with the 2019 Easter Sunday terror attacks.Deliver...

COLOMBO (News 1st); Dimal Arandara has been officially appointed as the new Chairman of SriLankan Airlines. Arandara, who had been serving as the Acting Chairman, now assumes the role on a permanent basis.Prior to his appointment as Chairman, Arandara was a member of the SriLankan Airlines Boar...

COLOMBO (News 1st); The Colombo High Court has ordered that the money laundering case filed against Yoshitha Rajapaksa, son of former President Mahinda Rajapaksa, and his grandmother Daisy Forrest, be taken up again on July 16.The case was called before High Court Judge Rashmi Singappuli today, wher...

COLOMBO (News 1st); Former Commander of the Sri Lanka Navy, Admiral Ravindra Wijegunaratne, has been officially named as a suspect in the high-profile case involving the abduction and enforced disappearance of 11 youths from Colombo and its suburbs.Court summons have been issued directing the former...

COLOMBO (News 1st); Sri Lanka has unveiled a sweeping new regulatory measure that compels exporters to convert foreign exchange earnings into Sri Lankan rupees within a strict timeframe.The new directive, issued through an Extraordinary Gazette notification dated June 9, 2026, by the Central Bank of...