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Private and State Institutions to be inspected

Private and State Institutions to be inspected

May 17, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Private and State Institutions will be inspected today (17) to monitor if the health guidelines on ... Read More

Phone number introduced to get information on COVID-infected prison inmates

Phone number introduced to get information on COVID-infected prison inmates

May 17, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - The Department of Prisons has introduced a telephone number for family members and relatives to know ... Read More

Officer attached to Kesbewa Divisional Secretariat, assaulted

Officer attached to Kesbewa Divisional Secretariat, assaulted

May 17, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - A female Development Officer attached to the Kesbewa Divisional Secretariat came under physical assault by an ... Read More

Seventy GN Divisions across 10 districts isolated

Seventy GN Divisions across 10 districts isolated

May 17, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Seventy Grama Niladhari (GN) Divisions in 10 districts were isolated with effect from 6.00 this morning ... Read More

Thirty-seven GN Divisions across 7 districts released from isolation

Thirty-seven GN Divisions across 7 districts released from isolation

May 17, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Thirty-seven Grama Niladhari (GN) Divisions across 7 Districts were released from isolated, the Head of the ... Read More

Colombo among highest COVID-cases yesterday

Colombo among highest COVID-cases yesterday

May 17, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - The country having witnessed 2,275 COVID-19 cases yesterday (16), Colombo District recorded the highest number of ... Read More

Over 28,000 individuals vaccinated yesterday

Over 28,000 individuals vaccinated yesterday

May 17, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - The Epidemiology Unit of the Ministry of Health stated 28,309 individuals were administered COVID-19 vaccinations yesterday ... Read More

Maldives issues travel advisory on Sri Lanka

Maldives issues travel advisory on Sri Lanka

May 16, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - The Maldives Ministry of Foreign Affairs has issued an advisory for Maldivians traveling to Sri Lanka, ... Read More

Sri Lanka urged to free poet Ahnaf

Sri Lanka urged to free poet Ahnaf

May 16, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Sri Lanka has been urged to free poet and teacher Ahnaf Jazeem, who has been detained ... Read More

Kandy among highest COVID cases yesterday

Kandy among highest COVID cases yesterday

May 16, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - The country having witnessed 2,386 COVID-19 cases yesterday, Kandy District recorded the highest number of positive ... Read More

All Lankans residing in Israel asked to be vigilant: Embassy

All Lankans residing in Israel asked to be vigilant: Embassy

May 16, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - All Sri Lankans residing and working in Israel have been advised to be vigilant and to ... Read More

TRCSL warns WhatsApp users in Sri Lanka

TRCSL warns WhatsApp users in Sri Lanka

May 15, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - WhatsApp users in Sri Lanka have been warned to be on alert over a scam using ... Read More

Procedure of treating asymptomatic COVID patients to be changed

Procedure of treating asymptomatic COVID patients to be changed

May 15, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - A decision has been taken to change the procedure of treating asymptomatic COVID-19 patients, the State ... Read More

AG unable to present charges against Easter attack perpetrators as CID probes incomplete

AG unable to present charges against Easter attack perpetrators as CID probes incomplete

May 15, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Attorney General (AG) Dappula de Livera has informed the public that he is unable to present ... Read More

Lankan Troops in Lebanon receives COVID-19 Vaccine

Lankan Troops in Lebanon receives COVID-19 Vaccine

May 15, 2021

(FASTNEWS | LEBANON) - Sri Lanka's contingent of peacekeepers of the 12th Sri Lanka Force Protection Company serving at the ... Read More