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Triple Bus Crash: Police Point to Reckless Driving

COLOMBO (News 1st); A devastating road accident that claimed four lives and left 76 others injured in Rambewa, Anuradhapura, was the result of dangero...

11-11-2026 | 2:53 PM

Police Warn of Rising Cybercrime Threat

COLOMBO (News 1st); A phone call promising easy money. A message claiming to be from your bank. A link that looks genuine but leads straight into the ...

11-11-2026 | 2:50 PM

Fuel Price Puzzle: Consumers Waiting for Relief

COLOMBO (News 1st); Just when motorists hoped lower fuel costs were on the horizon, a fresh question has emerged: if the government has already steppe...

11-11-2026 | 2:43 PM

AKD to Present Sri Lanka’s 81st Budget Tomorrow

COLOMBO (News 1st); The 2027 Budget is scheduled to be presented in Parliament tomorrow afternoon.The Budget is the more popular name for what Parliam...

11-11-2026 | 1:11 PM

Gotabaya's Former Private Secretary Remanded

COLOMBO (News1st): Sugeeshwara Bandara, private secretary to former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, has been further remanded until November 18 by order...

11-11-2026 | 12:48 PM

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2027 Budget Is About Changing Sri Lanka

COLOMBO (News 1st); Don't judge the 2027 Budget by which ministry got the most money or how much was allocated to a particular sector.That was the key message from Deputy Finance Minister Anil Jayantha Fernando, who says the government's third budget is designed to move Sri Lanka beyond economic recovery and into a new phase of growth and transformation.According to Fernando, the first two budgets of the current administration were focused on one...

11-11-2026 | 5:45 PM

Ranil's Case Moved To December

COLOMBO (News 1st); The Colombo Fort Magistrate’s Court today ordered that the case filed by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) against former President Ranil Wickremesinghe and former Presidential Secretary Saman Ekanayake be called again o...

11-11-2026 | 5:22 PM

Elephants Are Public Property in Kavantissa Case

COLOMBO (News 1st); The Mahawa Magistrate's Court today (11) ordered the Department of Wildlife Conservation to hand over the investigation into the shooting of the tusker Kavantissa to the Criminal Investigation Department (CID).The order was made w...

11-11-2026 | 3:01 PM

Ranil's Case Moved To December

11-11-2026 | 5:22 PM

Elephants Are Public Property in Kavantissa Case

11-11-2026 | 3:01 PM

Local News

Arrest Warrant Issued for Balangoda Kassapa Thera

COLOMBO (News 1st); A warrant was issued by the Trincomalee Magistrate for the arrest of Balangoda Kassapa Thera.The order was made when the case concerning alleged illegal constructions along the Trincomalee beachfront and the controversial Buddha statue was taken up before court.At the hearing, Ka...

11-11-2026 | 12:41 PM