COLOMBO (News 1st) - Concerns have been expressed over the announcement made by the government that the Public Debt Department of the CSBL, will be moved to the Ministry of Finance. In other parts of the world like the United Kingdom, Singapore and Japan, for instance, the functions of the bankin...

COLOMBO (News 1st) - Minister Field Marshal Sarath Fonseka attended a meeting at the Navula Divisional Secretariat yesterday. Answering a question posed by a journalist as to who the suitable person is to govern the country following the upcoming Presidential Election, the Minister replied that a...

COLOMBO (News 1st) - Speaking at a public meeting in Badulla yesterday, JVP Uva provincial councillor Samantha Vidyaratne expressed the following views about the conduct of the previous government and the present government. Vidyaratne stated that the political culture in the country is such that...

COLOMBO (News 1st) - Fugitive Former Central Bank Governor Arjuna Mahendran, the chief suspect in the case filed over the Bond Scam remains missing. However, the people of the country have not forgotten about the suspects and others involved in what is known as the largest financial scam to take pla...

COLOMBO (News 1st) - Arrest warrants have been issued on former central bank governor Arjuna Mahendran by Fort Magistrate Lanka Jayarathne. The warrant was issued based on a request made by Additional Solicitor General Yasantha Kodagoda, appearing on behalf of the Attorney General's Department. ...