TOKYO (Kyodo) -- A Japanese court ruled Wednesday that voices are protected as a publicity right, similar to portrait rights, in the first such ruling in the country.The Tokyo District Court, however, dismissed the demand by the plaintiff, voice actor Kenjiro Tsuda, for the operator of TikTok to tak...

COLOMBO (News 1st): Sri Lanka’s 2027 Budget will be presented to Parliament on November 12, setting the stage for more than a month of debate on the Government’s spending and economic plans for the coming year.The Appropriation Bill is scheduled to be presented to Parliament for its First Reading on...

COLOMBO (News 1st): The Fort Magistrate's Court ordered the forfeiture of bail granted on behalf of an accused who is currently believed to be residing overseas and evading court proceedings. The order was in relation to the case filed over the Airbus Scandal.Fort Magistrate Pasan Amarasena ordered ...

COLOMBO (News 1st): The Colombo High Court today issued a warrant for the arrest of Ven. Galagoda Aththe Gnanasara Thero, Secretary of the Bodu Bala Sena (BBS), after he failed to appear before the open court in a case filed against him over an allegedly insulting statement directed at Islam.The war...

COLOMBO (News 1st): The Court of Appeal today (30) dismissed, without hearing, a writ petition filed by Parliamentarian Dilith Jayaweera.Jayaweera had filed the petition seeking an order to invalidate a finding made by the Colombo Fort Magistrate, who had concluded that the MP had committed contempt...