COLOMBO (News 1st); The Consumer Affairs Authority has issued an extraordinary gazette notification imposing Maximum Retail Prices (MRPs) on several imported rice varieties, in a move aimed at curbing excessive pricing and protecting consumers.According to the gazette, the newly regulated MRPs per k...

Amazon says its cloud computing service is experiencing an outage, disrupting several websites and apps.Snapchat, Duolingo, and Roblox are down, in what appears to be an issue affecting Amazon Web Services.Other affected websites are:ZoomClash RoyaleMy Fitness PalLife360Clash of ClansFortniteCanvaWo...

COLOMBO(News 1st); Attorney-at-Law Gunaratne Wanninayake arrived at the Mount Lavinia Police Station this morning.Police Media Spokesperson ASP F. U. Wootler stated that he came to provide a statement along with a witness.On the 15th of October, Wanninayake appeared before the Mount Lavinia Court an...

COLOMBO (News 1st); GGlobal credit rating agency Fitch Ratings has affirmed Sri Lanka’s Long-Term Foreign-Currency Issuer Default Rating (IDR) at ‘CCC+’, citing continued fiscal and economic vulnerabilities despite notable progress under the country’s IMF-supported reform programme.Fitch does not as...

COLOMBO (News 1st); President Anura Kumara Dissanayake extended an open invitation to Japan’s business community to explore emerging economic opportunities in Sri Lanka, pledging to strengthen bilateral trade and investment ties while encouraging robust private sector participation.The President mad...