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Laugfs Gas Announces Steep Price Hike

COLOMBO (News 1st); Laugfs Gas has increased its LP gas prices with effect from midnight tonight, the 13th of November. Accordingly, the price of...

13-11-2026 | 10:00 PM

Rambewa Crash Driver Tested Positive for Drugs

COLOMBO (NEWS1ST): Tests conducted on urine samples have confirmed that the bus driver killed in the recent Rambewa bus crash was under the influence ...

13-11-2026 | 5:55 PM

‘Bloemendhal Sanka’-Linked Truck Suspended

COLOMBO (News1st): A tipper truck allegedly belonging to the organized criminal known as "Bloemendhal Sanka " has been suspended from use by the Illeg...

13-11-2026 | 3:19 PM

Heroin and ‘Ice’ Seized from Trawler; 5 Arrested

COLOMBO (News1st); Five individuals aboard a multi-day fishing trawler, which was taken into Navy custody in the southern seas while transporting a st...

13-11-2026 | 2:53 PM

Balangoda Kassapa Thero and Six Others Remanded

COLOMBO(News 1st): Anuradhapura Chief Magistrate Siyapath Sasindu Wickramaratne ordered that seven individuals, including Balangoda Kassapa Thero, who...

13-11-2026 | 2:14 PM

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“They Built a Criminal State; We Are Changing It”

COLOMBO (News 1st); President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has launched a strong attack on the Opposition, accusing rival political groups of protecting those responsible for corruption and criminal activity while warning that undisciplined political protests could create instability and harm the country.Addressing the 37th Il Maha Weer Samaruma, the President said his Government remained firmly committed to building a just society for the country an...

13-11-2026 | 10:51 PM

Sri Lanka Plans Major BOI Overhaul

COLOMBO (News 1st); Sri Lanka is preparing to reshape its foreign investment promotion strategy, with a focus on institutional reforms, stronger investment laws and targeted engagement with international investors rather than relying on promotional c...

13-11-2026 | 6:51 PM

Sri Lanka Cuts Six Months From Govt Procurement

COLOMBO (News 1st); Sri Lanka has introduced a major change to its government procurement process, allowing ministries, government departments and other public institutions to complete much of their procurement work before the national budget is appr...

13-11-2026 | 6:40 PM

Sri Lanka Plans Major BOI Overhaul

13-11-2026 | 6:51 PM

Sri Lanka Cuts Six Months From Govt Procurement

13-11-2026 | 6:40 PM

Local News

Stabilization Work Begins at Kadugannawa

COLOMBO(News 1st): The National Building Research Organisation (NBRO) states that the recent landslides in the Kadugannawa area were caused by instability in the upper slope region and the reactivation of an old landslide. Its Kandy District Chief Geologist, Chathuri Subasinghe, mentioned that work ...

13-11-2026 | 10:47 AM