After days of high-level talks, Thai Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul and Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet have signed what officials are calling a joint “peace deal”, or as Thailand’s foreign minister later described it, a “pathway to peace.”, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.The signing was overseen ...

COLOMBO (News 1st): The 2025 ABU Media & Culture Days Summit is currently underway, bringing together representatives from 16 nations at Stein Studios in Ratmalana.The 2025 ABU Media & Culture Days Summit is being organised jointly between the Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU), Radio Rom...

By Amarasri Bandara – News First – In BrusselsBrussels (News 1st); As Sri Lanka implements its new Data Protection Law and debate continues over the Defence Cooperation Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed with India, senior officials of the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) in Brussels have...

COLOMBO (News 1st); The Consumer Affairs Authority has issued an extraordinary gazette notification imposing Maximum Retail Prices (MRPs) on several imported rice varieties, in a move aimed at curbing excessive pricing and protecting consumers.According to the gazette, the newly regulated MRPs per k...

Amazon says its cloud computing service is experiencing an outage, disrupting several websites and apps.Snapchat, Duolingo, and Roblox are down, in what appears to be an issue affecting Amazon Web Services.Other affected websites are:ZoomClash RoyaleMy Fitness PalLife360Clash of ClansFortniteCanvaWo...