Tag: Minister

Govt. considering opening of BIA before August 1: Minister

Govt. considering opening of BIA before August 1: Minister

Jun 14, 2020

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - The government is considering the reopening of the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA), Katunayake prior to August ... Read More

PM sworn-in as Social Empowerment Minister

PM sworn-in as Social Empowerment Minister

Jun 2, 2020

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa was sworn in as the Minister of Social Empowerment and Estate Infrastructure ... Read More

Issue necessary guidelines to open hotels: Minister

Issue necessary guidelines to open hotels: Minister

May 21, 2020

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Industrial Exports and Investment Promotions, Tourism and Aviation Minister Prasanna Ranatunga requested the relevant authorities to ... Read More

Israel gets first Ethiopia-born minister, in Pnina Tamano-Shata

Israel gets first Ethiopia-born minister, in Pnina Tamano-Shata

May 15, 2020

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) -  Israel is set to get its first Ethiopia-born minister, with the nomination of a female MP ... Read More

Coronavirus: Iran’s deputy health minister tests positive as outbreak worsens

Coronavirus: Iran’s deputy health minister tests positive as outbreak worsens

Feb 26, 2020

(FASTNEWS | Coronavirus-Iran) - Iran's deputy health minister and an MP have both tested positive for the new coronavirus, as ... Read More

Yahya Jammeh faces arrest if he returns to Gambia – minister

Yahya Jammeh faces arrest if he returns to Gambia – minister

Jan 21, 2020

(FASTNEWS | Banjul) - Former Gambian President Yahya Jammeh will be arrested if he attempts to return to the country, ... Read More

Minister Prasanna Ranatunga calls for inquiry on complaint by Dutch tourists

Minister Prasanna Ranatunga calls for inquiry on complaint by Dutch tourists

Dec 29, 2019

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) -  Minister Prasanna Ranatunga has ordered the Tourism Development Authority for an immediate report on the incident ... Read More

GPS, CCTV monitoring systems to be provided for each train station: Minister

GPS, CCTV monitoring systems to be provided for each train station: Minister

Dec 27, 2019

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Every train station will be empowered with GPS tracking technologies and will monitor its activities with ... Read More

Measures to issue medical certificates at NTMI immediately: Minister

Measures to issue medical certificates at NTMI immediately: Minister

Dec 27, 2019

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Transport Service and Management Minister Mahinda Amaraweera yesterday instructed the National Transport Medical Institute (NTMI) officials ... Read More

Min. Ravi K. ordered to record statement with CID within two weeks

Min. Ravi K. ordered to record statement with CID within two weeks

Aug 29, 2019

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Minister of Power & Energy Ravi Karunanayake has been ordered to provide a statement to the ... Read More

G7 summit: Iranian foreign minister attends unexpected talks

G7 summit: Iranian foreign minister attends unexpected talks

Aug 26, 2019

(FASTNEWS|COLOMBO) - Iran's foreign minister made a brief and unannounced visit to the G7 summit in France on Sunday. Mohammad ... Read More

Dress code of Muslim females will change under Police Act – Patali

Dress code of Muslim females will change under Police Act – Patali

Aug 22, 2019

(FASTNEWS|COLOMBO) - Minister of Megapolis and Western Development Patali Champika Ranawaka says that a law on the clothes and the face ... Read More

“I will contest the Presidential Election” – Sajith Premadasa

“I will contest the Presidential Election” – Sajith Premadasa

Aug 19, 2019

(FASTNEWS|COLOMBO) - The Housing, Construction and Cultural Affairs Minister Sajith Premadasa, for the first time, asserted that he would contest ... Read More

“MR’s SLFP membership now automatically cancelled”– Mahinda Amaraweera

“MR’s SLFP membership now automatically cancelled”– Mahinda Amaraweera

Aug 16, 2019

(FASTNEWS|COLOMBO) -Opposition Leader and former President Mahinda Rajapaksa will face many difficulties because he has automatically lost membership in the ... Read More

“We Don’t Have a national industrial policy” – Minister Buddhika Pathirana

“We Don’t Have a national industrial policy” – Minister Buddhika Pathirana

Aug 6, 2019

(FASTNEWS|COLOMBO) - State Minister Buddhika Pathirana says that Sri Lanka is a country which still does not have a national ... Read More