Tag: President

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

Nimal Siripala gets Labour, G.L as Education Minister

Nimal Siripala gets Labour, G.L as Education Minister

Aug 12, 2020

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Nimal Siripala has been appointed as the Minister of Labour while G. L. Peiris was sworn ... Read More

President appointed as Minister of Defence

President appointed as Minister of Defence

Aug 12, 2020

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has been appointed as the Minister of Defence of the new government. Read More

We will free the country of drug menace: President

We will free the country of drug menace: President

Jul 23, 2020

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has assured to free the country of drug menace while stating that several ... Read More

‘President & PM working to form a strong govt’

‘President & PM working to form a strong govt’

Jul 21, 2020

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Minister Prasanna Ranatunga says politics based on promises has been rejected by the public. Speaking at ... Read More

Stop mudslinging: President tells SLFP-SLPP members

Stop mudslinging: President tells SLFP-SLPP members

Jul 16, 2020

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Verbal clash between certain members of the SLPP and the SLFP in many parts of the ... Read More

Brazil President tests postive for COVID-19 again: Report

Brazil President tests postive for COVID-19 again: Report

Jul 16, 2020

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Brazil President Jair Bolsonaro tested positive for coronavirus again, CNN Brazil said on Wednesday, quoting the ... Read More

President declares ‘Decade of Skills Development’

President declares ‘Decade of Skills Development’

Jul 15, 2020

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has declared years 2021 to 2030 the ‘Decade of Skills Development in Sri ... Read More

Zambian president denies funding Rwanda rebels

Zambian president denies funding Rwanda rebels

Jul 15, 2020

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Zambia's President Edgar Lungu has denied claims of bankrolling a Rwandan rebel leader who is facing ... Read More

Navy Commander calls on President

Navy Commander calls on President

Jul 14, 2020

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Commander of the Navy Vice Admiral Piyal De Silva, who is retiring after 36 years of ... Read More

President on how farmers can make more profits

President on how farmers can make more profits

Jul 13, 2020

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - President Gotabaya Rajapaksa called upon the farming community to increase the supply of finished agricultural products ... Read More

Mali’s President Keïta dissolves constitutional court amid unrest

Mali’s President Keïta dissolves constitutional court amid unrest

Jul 12, 2020

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Mali President Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta has announced the dissolution of the constitutional court in an attempt ... Read More

Brazil President Bolsonaro tests positive for coronavirus

Brazil President Bolsonaro tests positive for coronavirus

Jul 7, 2020

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said on Tuesday he tested positive for the novel coronavirus, adding in ... Read More

Farmers urge President not to allow artificial rice shortages

Farmers urge President not to allow artificial rice shortages

Jul 6, 2020

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - The farmers in Polonnaruwa made a strong plea to the President not to allow the intermediaries ... Read More

President orders not to use his photographs in election campaign

President orders not to use his photographs in election campaign

Jul 2, 2020

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has ordered not to use his photographs by candidates contesting the upcoming election ... Read More