Moratuwa Mayor remanded
(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) – Moratuwa Mayor Samanlal Fernando who was arrested this morning for allegedly threatening a female doctor and…
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Travel restrictions to continue till June
(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) – The ongoing travel restrictions will continue until June 7 and will not be relaxed on May…
Special circular to physicians on determining COVID deaths
(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) – The Director General of Health Services Dr. Asela Gunawardana has issued a special circular to all…
Sri Lanka – UK discuss friendly cricket match between MPs of two Parliaments
(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) – The Sri Lankan High Commissioner to the United Kingdom Saroja Sirisena and Speaker of the House…
President to decide today on travel restriction
(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) – The COVID-19 taskforce will meet President Gotabaya Rajapaksa at 11 am today to discuss the present…
Sri Lanka, World Bank ink new EU grant to boost local agriculture sector
(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) – The Ministry of Finance and the World Bank recently signed a new grant from the European…
Dehiwala and Mirihana among areas more COVID infections detected
(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) – Dehiwala and Mirihana are among the areas new Covid infections were detected, officials said today.
Moratuwa Mayor arrested for disrupting the duties of health workers
(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) – Moratuwa Mayor Samanlal Fernando has been arrested for disrupting the duties of health workers.
Legal action against X-Press Pearl owners
(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) – The Marine Environment Protection Authority (MEPA) had lodged a complaint with the Colombo Harbour Police in…
Injured Foakes out of England Test squad as Hameed and Billings brought in
(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) – England wicketkeeper Ben Foakes will miss the two Tests against New Zealand in June with a…
Jofra Archer ready to miss summer to be fit for T20 World Cup and Ashes
(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) – Fast bowler Jofra Archer is ready to “sit out the summer” in order to be fit…
Different vaccines given to 20 in India jab mix up
(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) – Twenty people in north India have been given two different coronavirus jabs for their first and…
Biden orders urgent new report on COVID origins
(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) – US President Joe Biden has ordered intelligence officials to “redouble” efforts to investigate the origins of…
Speaker signs Colombo Port City Economic Commission Bill
(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) – Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardane has signed validating the Colombo Port City Economic Commission Bill which was…
X-Press Pearl was denied entry in India and Qatar before catching fire off Colombo – Report
(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) – The burning ship, X-Press Pearl, at the centre of an environmental catastrophe off Sri Lanka was…