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Travel for essentials only on Tuesday – Army Commander

Travel for essentials only on Tuesday – Army Commander

May 24, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Head of the National Operations Centre for Prevention of COVID-19 Outbreak (NOCPCO), Army Commander General Shavendra ... Read More

Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa and wife test positive for COVID-19

Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa and wife test positive for COVID-19

May 23, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa and his wife Jalani have tested positive for the coronavirus. (more…) Read More

UPDATE: Vaas, Udana test negative for COVID-19, tour to go ahead

UPDATE: Vaas, Udana test negative for COVID-19, tour to go ahead

May 23, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Only one player in the Sri Lankan squad, Shiran Fernando tested positive for COVID-19 following the ... Read More

Vaas, Udana and Fernando test COVID-positive

Vaas, Udana and Fernando test COVID-positive

May 23, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Three members of the Sri Lankan contingent - bowling coach Chaminda Vaas, Isuru Udana, and newcomer ... Read More

Drone cameras used to apprehend violators of health regulations

Drone cameras used to apprehend violators of health regulations

May 23, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Sri Lanka Police says that drone cameras will be used to monitor and apprehend violators of ... Read More

Mental heath important during pandemic – GMOA

Mental heath important during pandemic – GMOA

May 23, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - The Government Medical Officers’ Association has requested parents to take necessary steps to ensure the mental ... Read More

46 COVID-19 deaths reported in Sri Lanka

46 COVID-19 deaths reported in Sri Lanka

May 23, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - A total of 46 more COVID-19 fatalities were reported yesterday recording the highest single-day tally in ... Read More

Decision on extending travel restrictions to be taken by Friday

Decision on extending travel restrictions to be taken by Friday

May 22, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - A decision on extending the travel restrictions currently in force will be taken by Friday (28). ... Read More

Govt. Official arrested for spreading fake news on social media

Govt. Official arrested for spreading fake news on social media

May 22, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - The Criminal Investigations Department (CID) took into custody an Assistant Commissioner of Land Settlements in Kotmale ... Read More

Apparel factory manager remanded for violating health regulations

Apparel factory manager remanded for violating health regulations

May 22, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Galle Additional Magistrate Pavithra Sanjeewani Pathirana ordered the apparel factory Manager who provided false information on ... Read More

MEPA to look into damages caused by fire erupted in vessel off Colombo

MEPA to look into damages caused by fire erupted in vessel off Colombo

May 22, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - The Marine Environmental Protection Authority (MEPA) is looking into the environmental damages caused by the fire ... Read More

Medical Associations call for 14-day lockdown

Medical Associations call for 14-day lockdown

May 22, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - The Sri Lanka Medical Association (SLMA), Government Medical Officers Association (GMOA), Association of Medical Specialists (AMS) ... Read More

Over 1,000 children infected with COVID

Over 1,000 children infected with COVID

May 22, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - More than 1,000 children in the country have been infected with COVID-19 and five of them ... Read More

Presidential directives to minimise inconvenience to public

Presidential directives to minimise inconvenience to public

May 22, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - President Gotabaya Rajapaksa yesterday took several decisions to minimise the difficulties faced by the public and ... Read More

COVID-deaths continue steady rise in Sri Lanka

COVID-deaths continue steady rise in Sri Lanka

May 22, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Over 40 deaths reported due to COVID-19, raising the death toll to 1132, the Department of ... Read More