COLOMBO (News 1st); Sri Lanka’s Attorney General has informed the Supreme Court that indictments will be filed within a month against former Inspector General of Police Deshabandu Tennakoon over his alleged involvement in the 2022 attack on protesters at the Galle Face “GotaGoGama” site.The developm...

COLOMBO (News 1st): Sri Lanka has recorded a significant rise in foreign remittances during the first four months of 2026, with earnings reaching approximately US$3.06 billion, according to the Sri Lanka Bureau of Foreign Employment.The figure marks a notable increase compared to the same period in ...

COLOMBO (News 1st): The Colombo Crimes Division (CCD) has recovered two revolvers belonging to a suspect known as "Wanathe Duminda," who is currently in detention.The weapons were found during interrogations conducted with him.Police stated that he had been behind the shooting that killed two indivi...

The U.S. and Iran are discussing a plan to open the Strait of Hormuz about 30 ​days after the two ​countries reach a deal to ⁠end hostilities, the Nikkei ​newspaper reported on Monday citing a ​Middle East diplomatic source.Iran would proceed to clear mines from the ​strait during a 30-day window ​f...

COLOMBO (News 1st); The Monetary Policy Board has raised the country’s key interest rate, the Overnight Policy Rate (OPR), by 1 percentage point to 8.75%, following its meeting held yesterday (25). This decision was taken after reviewing both local and global economic developments and how they are l...