Fare meters made mandatory for three-wheelers from October

Fare meters made mandatory for three-wheelers from October

Sep 28, 2018

(FASTNEWS|COLOMBO) - The National Council for Road Safety has made it mandatory for commuter three-wheelers to have fare meters from ... Read More

Powerful earthquake measuring 7.7 magnitude hits Indonesia

Powerful earthquake measuring 7.7 magnitude hits Indonesia

Sep 28, 2018

(FASTNEWS|COLOMBO) -A strong earthquake measuring 7.7 magnitude has struck Indonesia. It hit near central Sulawesi at 5.02pm local time (10.02am ... Read More

Appeal Court extends stay order till Dec. 5 over avant garde case

Appeal Court extends stay order till Dec. 5 over avant garde case

Sep 28, 2018

(FASTNEWS|COLOMBO) - The Bribery Commission had filed this case against the former Defense Secretary and eight defendants for incurring a ... Read More

Canada MPs vote to revoke Aung San Suu Kyi’s honorary Canadian citizenship

Canada MPs vote to revoke Aung San Suu Kyi’s honorary Canadian citizenship

Sep 28, 2018

(FASTNEWS|COLOMBO) - Canadian MPs have voted unanimously to revoke the honorary citizenship of Myanmar's leader, Aung San Suu Kyi. Passing ... Read More

DIG Nalaka de Silva’s voice sample recorded for testing

DIG Nalaka de Silva’s voice sample recorded for testing

Sep 28, 2018

(FASTNEWS|COLOMBO) - The Government Analyst’s Department on Friday (28) recorded a voice sample from the former Terrorism Investigations Department (TDI) ... Read More

Italy’s Populists Agree on Budget for “Abolition of Poverty”

Italy’s Populists Agree on Budget for “Abolition of Poverty”

Sep 28, 2018

(FASTNEWS|COLOMBO) - Italy's populist government has come to an agreement over spending as it tries to "end poverty" with its ... Read More

Hayabusa 2 rovers send new images from Ryugu surface

Hayabusa 2 rovers send new images from Ryugu surface

Sep 28, 2018

(FASTNEWS|COLOMBO) - Japan's Space Agency (Jaxa) has released new images from the robot rovers it has deployed to the surface ... Read More

“Identify players for World Cup, support them” – Kumar Sangakkara

“Identify players for World Cup, support them” – Kumar Sangakkara

Sep 28, 2018

(FASTNEWS|COLOMBO) - Former Test Captain Kumar Sangakkara has urged the Sri Lankan team to rethink its strategies moving forward after ... Read More

Police arrested three persons with 469 fake 5000 Rupee notes

Police arrested three persons with 469 fake 5000 Rupee notes

Sep 28, 2018

(FASTNEWS|COLOMBO) - Police arrested three persons with 469 fake 5000 Rupee notes in Thambalagamuwa Kantale last night (27). Suspects aged ... Read More

Women of all ages can enter Kerala’s Sabarimala Temple, says Supreme Court

Women of all ages can enter Kerala’s Sabarimala Temple, says Supreme Court

Sep 28, 2018

(FASTNEWS|COLOMBO) - Putting an end to a centuries-old tradition, the Supreme Court Friday ruled that women, irrespective of age, can ... Read More

Sri Lanka briefs Portugal on reconciliation process

Sri Lanka briefs Portugal on reconciliation process

Sep 28, 2018

(FASTNEWS|COLOMBO) - Sri Lanka briefed Portugal on Sri Lanka’s journey towards achieving reconciliation and acknowledged the support extended by the ... Read More

Dark Phoenix trailer: Sophie Turner’s Jean is battling her own demons

Dark Phoenix trailer: Sophie Turner’s Jean is battling her own demons

Sep 28, 2018

(FASTNEWS|COLOMBO) - Dark Phoenix is the twelfth film in the X-Men series and is the start of a new trilogy. ... Read More

Special High Court decides to hold Gamini Senarath’s charge hearings from Oct. 30

Special High Court decides to hold Gamini Senarath’s charge hearings from Oct. 30

Sep 28, 2018

(FASTNEWS|COLOMBO) - Special High Court has decided to hold daily hearings of charges against former President's Chief of Staff Gamini ... Read More

UNDP agreed to develop social enterprise in Sri Lanka

UNDP agreed to develop social enterprise in Sri Lanka

Sep 28, 2018

(FASTNEWS|COLOMBO) - United Nations Development Program (UNDP) entered into two Memorandum of Understanding (MOUs) with Sri Lanka to expand its ... Read More

DIG Nalaka de Silva arrived at Government Analyst’s Department

DIG Nalaka de Silva arrived at Government Analyst’s Department

Sep 28, 2018

(FASTNEWS|COLOMBO) - DIG Nalaka de Silva who was in charge of the TID has arrived at the Government Analyst’s Department ... Read More