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Paralympic medalists meet Sports Minister

Paralympic medalists meet Sports Minister

Sep 8, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Paralympic gold medalist Dinesh Priyantha and bronze medalist Samitha Dulan have met Youth Affairs and Sports ... Read More

President adds wishes to the victorious Sri Lankan Cricket team

President adds wishes to the victorious Sri Lankan Cricket team

Sep 8, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has congratulated the Sri Lankan Cricket team for their ODI series victory over ... Read More

Customs thwarts attempt to smuggle in oximeters using forged documents

Customs thwarts attempt to smuggle in oximeters using forged documents

Sep 8, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Sri Lanka Customs has successfully foiled an attempt to smuggle in a consignment of oximeters through ... Read More

Sri Lanka reports another 1,691 coronavirus recoveries

Sri Lanka reports another 1,691 coronavirus recoveries

Sep 8, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) -  The Ministry of Health reports that another 1,691 patients who had tested positive for coronavirus have ... Read More

Govt. increases import levy on big onions

Govt. increases import levy on big onions

Sep 7, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - The Government imposed a Rs. 40 per kilo levy on big onion imports with immediate effect, ... Read More

PM to address Int’l Symposium at University of Bologna

PM to address Int’l Symposium at University of Bologna

Sep 7, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa will be addressing an International Symposium at the University of Bologna, Italy, during ... Read More

Second reading of Finance Bill to be taken up today

Second reading of Finance Bill to be taken up today

Sep 7, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - The Parliament, chaired by Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena, is scheduled to convene at 10.00 a.m. this ... Read More

Basil nominated to Committee on Parliamentary Business

Basil nominated to Committee on Parliamentary Business

Sep 7, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Two members have been nominated to serve in the Committee on Parliamentary Business, by the Committee ... Read More

Over 380 vaccination centers open on Tuesday(7)

Over 380 vaccination centers open on Tuesday(7)

Sep 7, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) -   Sri Lanka will operate more than 383 vaccination centers on Tuesday (7), said authorities. (more…) Read More

Decrease in COVID patients who depend on oxygen

Decrease in COVID patients who depend on oxygen

Sep 7, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) -  Deputy Director-General of Health Services Dr. Hemantha Herath stated that there is a relative decrease in ... Read More

Consignment of Pfizer vaccines arrive in Sri Lanka

Consignment of Pfizer vaccines arrive in Sri Lanka

Sep 6, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) -  Another 100,000 doses of Pfizer - BioNTech COVID-19 vaccines arrived in the island early this morning. ... Read More

Prices at Dambulla Economic decease

Prices at Dambulla Economic decease

Sep 6, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - It is reported that the wholesale prices of vegetables at the Dambulla Economic Center have dropped ... Read More

Vaccination for persons aged 20-30 years in WP & Galle District

Vaccination for persons aged 20-30 years in WP & Galle District

Sep 6, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - The administration of COVID vaccines to youths between the ages of 20 and 30 in Colombo, ... Read More

Veteran singer Sunil Perera passes away

Veteran singer Sunil Perera passes away

Sep 6, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Leader of the Gypsies Band and veteran singer Sunil Perera has passed away at the age ... Read More

New Zealand supermarket stabbing: Government to toughen anti-terror laws

New Zealand supermarket stabbing: Government to toughen anti-terror laws

Sep 4, 2021

(FASTNEWS |  NEW ZEALAND) - New Zealand PM Jacinda Ardern has vowed to toughen anti-terror laws following Friday's knife attack ... Read More