COLOMBO (News 1st); Just when motorists hoped lower fuel costs were on the horizon, a fresh question has emerged: if the government has already stepped in with relief measures, why are some fuel prices still going up?The debate has grown after private fuel suppliers continued pressing for higher fue...

COLOMBO (News 1st); The 2027 Budget is scheduled to be presented in Parliament tomorrow afternoon.The Budget is the more popular name for what Parliamentarians refer to as the Appropriation Bill. In the annual calendar of the Parliament of Sri Lanka, the Annual Budget Presentation and ensuing debate...

COLOMBO (News1st): Sugeeshwara Bandara, private secretary to former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, has been further remanded until November 18 by order of Colombo Fort Acting Magistrate Kingsley Hettiarchchi. The Acting Magistrate also directed that his bail application be taken up for considera...

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...

COLOMBO (News 1st); Former Parliamentarian Hirunika Premachandra’s appeal against the prison sentence imposed on her has been assigned to a three-judge bench by the President of the Court of Appeal.The move follows a division among judges when considering a determination on the appeal, prompting the...