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President meets Singapore PM

President meets Singapore PM

Sep 27, 2022

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - President Ranil Wickremesinghe is currently holding bilateral talks with Prime Minister of Singapore Lee Hsien Loong ... Read More

Showers or thundershowers possible in four provinces

Showers or thundershowers possible in four provinces

Sep 27, 2022

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - The Department of Meteorology predicts showers or thundershowers at several places in the Central, Uva, North-central ... Read More

Over 2,000 bakeries closed down

Over 2,000 bakeries closed down

Sep 27, 2022

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - The All Island Bakery Owners Association claims around 2,000 bakeries across the country have been shutdown ... Read More

Sri Lanka Power Cut Schedule

Sri Lanka Power Cut Schedule

Sep 27, 2022

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - The Ceylon Electricity Board will continue to impose scheduled power cuts in all residential areas today ... Read More

China donates 8 Chronic Kidney Disease screening vehicles

China donates 8 Chronic Kidney Disease screening vehicles

Sep 27, 2022

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - China has donated eight state-of-the-art Chronic Kidney Disease Screening Vehicles or mobile laboratories worth Rs.660 million ... Read More

Italy elections: Resounding triumph for Giorgia Meloni’s far-right Fratelli d’Italia

Italy elections: Resounding triumph for Giorgia Meloni’s far-right Fratelli d’Italia

Sep 26, 2022

(FASTNEWS | ITALY) - Journalists outnumbered supporters waiting up late for Giorgia Meloni, in the lounge of the hotel in ... Read More

President appoints several Acting Ministers

President appoints several Acting Ministers

Sep 26, 2022

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - President Ranil Wickremesinghe has appointed several Acting Ministers. (more…) Read More

Jacqueline Fernandez gets interim bail

Jacqueline Fernandez gets interim bail

Sep 26, 2022

(FASTNEWS |  NEW DELHI) - Actor Jacqueline Fernandez has been granted interim bail on bond of 50,000 Indian Rupees in ... Read More

Prices of Essential Goods to be reduced

Prices of Essential Goods to be reduced

Sep 26, 2022

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Minister of Trade, Commerce, and Food Security Nalin Fernando says the prices of essential goods will ... Read More

UK to provide lifesaving aid to most vulnerable in Sri Lanka

UK to provide lifesaving aid to most vulnerable in Sri Lanka

Sep 26, 2022

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - The UK is providing urgent food and farming support to Sri Lankans hit hardest by the ... Read More

Pound slumps to all-time low against dollar

Pound slumps to all-time low against dollar

Sep 26, 2022

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - The pound has fallen to its lowest level against the US dollar since decimalisation in 1971. ... Read More

Rural bakeries shutdown due to increase in wheat flour prices

Rural bakeries shutdown due to increase in wheat flour prices

Sep 26, 2022

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - All Ceylon Bakeries Owners Association says that a 50kg bundle of wheat flour has increased to ... Read More

England won’t take risks with Buttler before T20 World Cup

England won’t take risks with Buttler before T20 World Cup

Sep 26, 2022

(FASTNEWS |  ENGLAND) - England’s limited-overs coach Matthew Mott said Jos Buttler is itching to make his return from injury ... Read More

‘One rabbit at a time’: Eliud Kipchoge coy on future after marathon record

‘One rabbit at a time’: Eliud Kipchoge coy on future after marathon record

Sep 26, 2022

(FASTNEWS |  BERLIN) - Kenyan great Eliud Kipchoge smashed his own marathon world record in Berlin on Sunday but was ... Read More

‘Malnutrition survey in Suriyawewa false’

‘Malnutrition survey in Suriyawewa false’

Sep 26, 2022

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Hambantota District Secretary H.P. Sumanasekera yesterday said that reports that 80 per cent of children in the ... Read More