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Afghan Taliban cancel peace talks with US citing ‘agenda disagreement’

Afghan Taliban cancel peace talks with US citing ‘agenda disagreement’

Jan 9, 2019

(FASTNEWS|COLOMBO) - The Afghan Taliban said on Tuesday they had called off peace talks with U.S. officials in Qatar this ... Read More

Qatar passes law giving foreign investors full business ownership rights

Qatar passes law giving foreign investors full business ownership rights

Jan 9, 2019

(FASTNEWS|COLOMBO) - Qatar has passed a law which will grant foreigners full business ownership rights, as Doha moves to boost ... Read More

Couple Served in WWII Together, Married for Seven Decades, Die the Same Day After Taking Their Last Nap

Couple Served in WWII Together, Married for Seven Decades, Die the Same Day After Taking Their Last Nap

Jan 9, 2019

(FASTNEWS|COLOMBO) - The life and times of these couple would serve an interesting read for many. Their life together gives ... Read More

IPL 2019 to be played entirely in India, will begin on March 23

IPL 2019 to be played entirely in India, will begin on March 23

Jan 8, 2019

(FASTNEWS|COLOMBO) - -The 2019 edition of the IPL will take place entirely in India, and will start on March 23, ... Read More

Late  Prime Minister &  founder of SLFP S.W.R.D. Bandaranaike ’s birth commemoration under President’s patronage

Late Prime Minister & founder of SLFP S.W.R.D. Bandaranaike ’s birth commemoration under President’s patronage

Jan 8, 2019

(FASTNEWS|COLOMBO) - The 120th birth anniversary celebration of late Prime Minister and  the founder of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party ... Read More

An internationally recognised birth certificate from March

An internationally recognised birth certificate from March

Jan 8, 2019

(FASTNEWS|COLOMBO) - Internationally recognised high quality birth certificate will be issued from March 2019, and the preliminary work has already ... Read More

Jim Yong Kim steps down as President of World Bank

Jim Yong Kim steps down as President of World Bank

Jan 8, 2019

(FASTNEWS|COLOMBO) - World Bank President, Jim Yong Kim has made the surprise announcement that he is stepping down after six ... Read More

Speaker approves Mahinda Rajapaksa as the Opposition Leader

Speaker approves Mahinda Rajapaksa as the Opposition Leader

Jan 8, 2019

(FASTNEWS|COLOMBO) - Speaker informs parliament that he accepts former President and United People's Freedom Alliance (UPFA) Parlimentarian Mahinda Rajapaksa as ... Read More

Shantha Bandara takes oaths as a Member of Parliament

Shantha Bandara takes oaths as a Member of Parliament

Jan 8, 2019

(FASTNEWS|COLOMBO) - United People's Freedom Alliance (UPFA)'s Shantha Bandara took oaths as a Member of Parliament filling the vacancy created ... Read More

Emil Ranjan further remanded

Emil Ranjan further remanded

Jan 8, 2019

(FASTNEWS|COLOMBO) - The former Commissioner of Prisons, Emil Ranjan Lamahewa, has been further remanded till January 22nd by the Colombo ... Read More

Cabinet approves Appropriation Bill for Government expenditure in 2019

Cabinet approves Appropriation Bill for Government expenditure in 2019

Jan 8, 2019

(FASTNEWS|COLOMBO) - Sri Lanka’s Finance Ministry said the approval of the cabinet was granted to the Appropriation Bill 2019, submitted ... Read More

Police nabbed 8 persons with heroin

Police nabbed 8 persons with heroin

Jan 8, 2019

(FASTNEWS|COLOMBO) - Four suspects with heroin in Badulla have been arrested. Police Media Spokesman's office stated that a unit of ... Read More

New Zealand beat Sri Lanka by 115 runs in the 3rd ODI

New Zealand beat Sri Lanka by 115 runs in the 3rd ODI

Jan 8, 2019

(FASTNEWS|COLOMBO) - Once Sri Lanka's top three departed, the middle order failed to cope up with the pressure. The century ... Read More

President opened the new Laggala Green Town

President opened the new Laggala Green Town

Jan 8, 2019

(FASTNEWS|COLOMBO) - President Maithripala Sirisena has declared open the new Laggala Green Town a short while ago. The Old Laggala ... Read More

Zimbabwe teachers to strike over pay as currency crisis deepens

Zimbabwe teachers to strike over pay as currency crisis deepens

Jan 8, 2019

(FASTNEWS|COLOMBO) - Zimbabwean teachers will strike from Tuesday to press for U.S. dollar salaries as talks with the government failed ... Read More