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Twelve-hour water cut in several places

Twelve-hour water cut in several places

Oct 9, 2019

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - A 12-hour water cut would be imposed from 8.00 am today due to essential maintenance work ... Read More

Possibility is still high for thundershowers today

Possibility is still high for thundershowers today

Oct 9, 2019

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - The possibility is still high for afternoon or evening thundershowers over most parts of the island. ... Read More

Youth shot dead at Jampettah Street

Youth shot dead at Jampettah Street

Oct 8, 2019

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Twenty-four-year-old, individual has been shot dead by an unidentified gunman on a motorcycle at Jampettah Street ... Read More

Madhumadhawa resigns from PHU

Madhumadhawa resigns from PHU

Oct 8, 2019

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Deputy Leader of Pivithuru Hela Urumaya (PHU), Madhumadhawa Aravinda the musician-turned-politician, has resigned from all positions ... Read More

Two OICs interdicted over letters sent to hotels in Colombo

Two OICs interdicted over letters sent to hotels in Colombo

Oct 8, 2019

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Officers-in-Charge (OICs) of Crimes Division and the Administration Division of the Fort Police Station, have been ... Read More

SLFP to take final decision tomorrow

SLFP to take final decision tomorrow

Oct 8, 2019

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - General Secretary of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP), Parliamentarian Dayasiri Jayasekara stated that the Party ... Read More

Singapore considering extradition request on Mahendran

Singapore considering extradition request on Mahendran

Oct 8, 2019

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - State Counsel Nishara Jayaratne, the Coordinating Officer to the Attorney General (AG) stated that the AG’s ... Read More

‘Bloemendhal Sanka’ further remanded

‘Bloemendhal Sanka’ further remanded

Oct 8, 2019

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - The Colombo Magistrate’s Court today (08) ordered to further remand the notorious underworld figure Sanka Shirantha ... Read More

Severe traffic congestion in Battaramulla

Severe traffic congestion in Battaramulla

Oct 8, 2019

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Severe traffic congestion was reported around the ‘Sethsiripaya’ Complex in Battaramulla due to a protest launched ... Read More

Sajith to launch campaign on Oct. 10

Sajith to launch campaign on Oct. 10

Oct 8, 2019

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - The New Democratic Front (NDF) Presidential candidate Minister Sajith Premadasa will launch his election campaign on ... Read More

Uva PC term ends today

Uva PC term ends today

Oct 8, 2019

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - The Uva Provincial Council ends its term by midnight today (08). (more…) Read More

UK Counter-Terror Police arrest 4 Lankans at Luton Airport

UK Counter-Terror Police arrest 4 Lankans at Luton Airport

Oct 8, 2019

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - The United Kingdom (UK)’s Counter-terror police have arrested four Sri Lankans after arriving at Luton Airport ... Read More

Price of 30 more drugs to be controlled

Price of 30 more drugs to be controlled

Oct 8, 2019

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Health, Nutrition and Indigenous Medicine Minister Dr. Rajitha Senaratne says that the price of 30 more ... Read More

Evening thundershowers over Sri Lanka today

Evening thundershowers over Sri Lanka today

Oct 8, 2019

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - The Department of Meteorology forecasted that the possibility is still high for evening thundershowers over most ... Read More

CaFFE to deploy 7,500 election monitors

CaFFE to deploy 7,500 election monitors

Oct 7, 2019

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Campaign for Free and Fair Elections (CaFFE) will deploy around 7,500 persons to monitor the forthcoming ... Read More