COLOMBO (News 1st): The operations of the Special Presidential Commission of Inquiry appointed to investigate all coal‑related transactions in Sri Lanka has commenced.The commission’s office has been established within the Colombo Hulftsdorp Court Complex.The full‑powered Special Presidential Commis...

COLOMBO (News 1st); Sri Lanka’s economy showed continued recovery and improved stability in 2025, according to the Snapshot of the Sri Lankan Economy - 2025, published in April 2026 by the Central Bank of Sri Lanka.Real GDP growth was recorded at 5.0 per cent in 2024 and remained at 5.0 per cent in ...

COLOMBO (News 1st); Iran’s semi‑official Tasnim News Agency reported that Iran’s military enforced “maritime law” on a container ship that had ignored repeated warnings.Tasnim published the report on social media above an earlier post by the UK Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO), which said it had re...

(AFP) – The war in the Middle East has boosted demand to move vital cargo through the Panama Canal to such an extent that one vessel carrying liquefied natural gas (LNG) paid $4 million to skip the line and avoid a wait that can take up to five days, according to an official report.A surge in such p...

COLOMBO (News 1st): The Ministry of Education has announced that teacher training for the second term of Grade One, conducted under the ongoing education reforms, will be completed by the middle of next month.Deputy Minister Madhura Seneviratne stated that the process of distributing the required ac...