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China Tightens Travel Rules for Citizens

China has imposed new restrictions on overseas travel for citizens, including exit bans for people who violate export controls or rules governing the ...

15-09-2026 | 3:38 PM

Ex-Air Force Chief At FCID Over MiG Deal

COLOMBO (News 1st) - Former Air Force Commander Air Chief Marshal Donald Perera has arrived at the Financial Crimes Investigation Division (FCID).He w...

15-09-2026 | 2:19 PM

'AI Can Be Very Dangerous': Musk Warns

COLOMBO (News 1st); Elon Musk has delivered one of his strongest warnings yet about the rapid advancement of artificial intelligence, cautioning that ...

15-09-2026 | 1:38 PM

UN Calls for Urgent AI Regulation

COLOMBO (News 1st); Volker Türk, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, has issued a stark warning that the world is approaching a cri...

15-09-2026 | 1:19 PM

China to Assist Sri Lanka with Smart Agriculture

COLOMBO (News1st); The Ministry of Agriculture stated that the Chinese Ambassador to Sri Lanka has agreed to provide Sri Lanka with technologies to ma...

15-09-2026 | 12:51 PM

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Did Intel Officers Help Conceal Easter Attack Plot

COLOMBO (News 1st); The investigation into the Easter Sunday terrorist attacks, which claimed the lives of 278 people and left more than 500 others injured, took a dramatic new turn before the Colombo Fort Magistrate's Court today, as prosecutors presented what they described as two significant new pieces of evidence relating to alleged links between former State Intelligence Service Director Suresh Salley and others connected to the attacks.Maki...

15-09-2026 | 6:10 PM

Supreme Court Awards Compensation to Ravi, Shani

COLOMBO (News 1st); The Supreme Court today ruled that the fundamental rights of former Criminal Investigation Department senior officers Ravi Seneviratne and Shani Abeysekara were violated by former IGP Deshabandu Tennakoon, former DIG Palitha Siriw...

15-09-2026 | 5:10 PM

‘Premeditated Medical Conspiracy’ in Salley Case

COLOMBO (News 1st); One hundred days after being admitted to the National Hospital of Sri Lanka, former State Intelligence Service Director Suresh Salley has become the centre of a fresh legal controversy, with prosecutors alleging what they describe...

15-09-2026 | 4:48 PM

Supreme Court Awards Compensation to Ravi, Shani

15-09-2026 | 5:10 PM

‘Premeditated Medical Conspiracy’ in Salley Case

15-09-2026 | 4:48 PM

Local News

Three-Judge Bench to Hear Contempt Case

COLOMBO (News 1st); A three-judge bench of the Court of Appeal has been appointed to consider a complaint forwarded by the Colombo Fort Magistrate's Court against former Ministers Wimal Weerawansa and Udaya Gammanpila, along with several other individuals.The matter was taken up before a bench compr...

15-09-2026 | 12:51 PM