COLOMBO (News 1st); The Supreme Court granted permission to proceed with the hearing of fundamental rights petitions filed by Director of the Criminal Investigation Department, Shani Abeysekara, and two other CID officials. The petitions claim that their arrest by the Colombo Crimes Division, w...

(AJ) The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has awarded the 2025 Nobel Prize in chemistry to Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson and Omar M Yaghi for their work in the development of metal-organic frameworks.The three scientists, who won the award on Wednesday, come from the universities of Kyoto in Japa...

COLOMBO (News 1st); Former Member of Parliament Sajin de Vass Gunawardena appeared before the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) on Wednesday (8) morning to provide a statement regarding an investigation into phone calls allegedly received by then-President Maithripala Sirisena from a foreign i...

COLOMBO (News 1st); The Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) has arrested Sepalika Samankumari, Additional Secretary of the Ministry of Justice and National Integration, in connection with an alleged corruption case involving reparation payments.According to CIABOC...

COLOMBO (News 1st); The Walasmulla Magistrate’s Court ordered Piyal Manamperi to be remanded until October 22 in connection with a case involving narcotics, including crystal methamphetamine (Ice), discovered in the Middeniya, Thalawa area.The order was issued by Magistrate Malsha Kodithuwakku durin...