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President, PM and new ministers receive blessings from Mahanayakas of Tri-sects

President, PM and new ministers receive blessings from Mahanayakas of Tri-sects

Aug 14, 2020

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa and newly sworn-in ministers paid homage to Mahanayakas of ... Read More

120 Sri Lankans return from England & Qatar

120 Sri Lankans return from England & Qatar

Aug 12, 2020

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - 107 Sri Lankans, who were stranded in England, arrived in the island this morning. Our airport ... Read More

179 Sri Lankans return from Maldives & Germany

Aug 11, 2020

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - 179 Sri Lankans who were stranded in the Maldives and Germany due to coronavirus travel restrictions ... Read More

43 individuals arrive in the island from Qatar

43 individuals arrive in the island from Qatar

Aug 11, 2020

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - 43 individuals have returned to the country this morning from Doha, Qatar. The National Operation Centre ... Read More

Prisons to be re-opened for visitors from Aug. 15

Prisons to be re-opened for visitors from Aug. 15

Aug 11, 2020

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - All prisons across the country which were closed for visitors would be re-opened from August 15 ... Read More

Simon Cowell speaks out as he recovers from surgery after electric bike accident

Simon Cowell speaks out as he recovers from surgery after electric bike accident

Aug 10, 2020

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - TV personality Simon Cowell was in good spirits on Sunday night in his first public comments ... Read More

General Election silent period from midnight

General Election silent period from midnight

Aug 2, 2020

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Carrying-out propaganda activities for the 2020 Parliamentary Election will be prohibited from midnight today. The National ... Read More

Another 217 inmates to be released from quarantine

Another 217 inmates to be released from quarantine

Jul 31, 2020

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - The Sri Lanka Army says another 271 persons who successfully underwent and completed quarantine procedures, will ... Read More

47 Lankans return from Japan and Qatar today

47 Lankans return from Japan and Qatar today

Jul 31, 2020

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - A total of 47 Sri Lankans who were employed in Japan and Qatar returned to Sri ... Read More

28,323 persons released from quarantine centres

28,323 persons released from quarantine centres

Jul 30, 2020

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Another 174 persons who underwent and successfully completed quarantine measures at Sri Lanka Army run facilities, ... Read More

More arrivals from three foreign countries

More arrivals from three foreign countries

Jul 30, 2020

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Another group of individuals has been brought to the island from the United Arab Emirates (UAE), ... Read More

Obtain poll cards from nearest Post Office

Obtain poll cards from nearest Post Office

Jul 30, 2020

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - All eligible voters who are yet to receive their official poll cards are reminded to proceed ... Read More

Mathivanan resigns from SLC

Mathivanan resigns from SLC

Jul 29, 2020

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Vice President of Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC), K. Mathivanan has resigned from his post today, sources said. Read More

Media disallowed to obtain statements from witnesses outside PCoI on political victimization

Media disallowed to obtain statements from witnesses outside PCoI on political victimization

Jul 29, 2020

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - The Presidential Commission of Inquiry (PCoI) probing the incidents of political victimization from 2015 to 2019 ... Read More

54 UNP members expelled from party

54 UNP members expelled from party

Jul 28, 2020

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - The Working Committee of the United National Party has decided to expel 54 UNP members who ... Read More