Colombo(News 1st): The All Share Price Index of the Colombo Stock Exchange showed a positive trend on Monday (30) reaching an all time high.The ASPI closed on 18,026.72 points with an upward trend of 0.86%.At the same time, S&P SL20 Index also closed on a high, up 1.31% to reach 5,352.51 points....

COLOMBO (News 1st); Sri Lanka mourns the loss of Prof. Malani Andagama, a distinguished historian, academic, and former Head of the Department of History and Archaeology at the University of Sri Jayewardenepura, who passed away at the age of 85.Born in Galapitamada, Kegalle, Prof. Andagama began her...

COLOMBO (News 1st); The Department of Inland Revenue has filed legal action against Arjun Aloysius, and Anthony Randev Jinendra John, directors of W. M. Mendis and Company, for allegedly evading Value Added Tax (VAT) payments amounting to Rs. 1.035 billion.The case was filed before Colombo Additiona...

COLOMBO (News 1st); The Colombo High Court today (30) served indictments against Lakshman Yapa Abeywardena, former Minister of Investment Promotion, and Jayanta Edirisinghe, former Director General of the Board of Investment (BOI), over allegations of misusing public funds for political advertising....

COLOMBO (News 1st); Former Minister Duminda Dissanayake, currently in remand custody over the discovery of a gold-colored T-56 assault rifle at a luxury housing complex in Wellawatte, has filed a bail application before the Colombo High Court.The application was submitted in connection with the ongo...