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Second phase of O/L paper evaluation to begin on 8th

Second phase of O/L paper evaluation to begin on 8th

Jan 2, 2019

(FASTNEWS|COLOMBO) - The second phase of evaluating the Ordinary Level exam papers begins on the 8th of January. The Department ... Read More

Sri Lankan president, PM congratulate Hasina

Sri Lankan president, PM congratulate Hasina

Jan 2, 2019

(FASTNEWS|COLOMBO) - Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena and Prime Mister Ranil Wickremesinghe congratulated Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday on her party’s ... Read More

Bangladesh PM to form new cabinet before Jan 10

Bangladesh PM to form new cabinet before Jan 10

Jan 2, 2019

(FASTNEWS|COLOMBO) - Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's ruling Bangladesh Awami League, which clinched a landslide victory in general elections, will form ... Read More

Isuru Sooriyabandara appointed as new Navy Media Spokesman

Isuru Sooriyabandara appointed as new Navy Media Spokesman

Jan 2, 2019

(FASTNEWS|COLOMBO) - Lt. Comm. Isuru Suriyabandara has been appointed as the new Media Spokesman of the Navy. The new appointment ... Read More

Afghanistan earn direct qualification in 2020 T20 World Cup

Afghanistan earn direct qualification in 2020 T20 World Cup

Jan 2, 2019

(FASTNEWS|COLOMBO) - Only 18 months since their promotion to Full Membership, Afghanistan have secured a direct place in the main ... Read More

Indonesia landslide on New Year’s Eve leaves 15 dead and 20 missing

Indonesia landslide on New Year’s Eve leaves 15 dead and 20 missing

Jan 2, 2019

(FASTNEWS|COLOMBO) - The death toll from a landslide that crashed into a hilly village on Indonesia’s main island of Java ... Read More

Armed men kill 37 civilians in part of Mali hit by ethnic violence

Armed men kill 37 civilians in part of Mali hit by ethnic violence

Jan 2, 2019

(FASTNEWS|COLOMBO) - Armed men killed 37 Fulani civilians on Tuesday in central Mali, where ethnic violence cost hundreds of lives ... Read More

US Coast Guard says 16 of 21 crew members rescued from burning ship near Hawaii

US Coast Guard says 16 of 21 crew members rescued from burning ship near Hawaii

Jan 2, 2019

(FASTNEWS|COLOMBO) - The US Coast Guard says good Samaritans on nearby merchant vessels rescued 16 members of the crew of ... Read More

470 persons arrested for drunk driving

470 persons arrested for drunk driving

Jan 1, 2019

(FASTNEWS|COLOMBO) - 470 persons arrested for drunk driving during an operation carried out from 6 am yesterday (31) - until ... Read More

Arjun Aloysius and Kasun Palisena granted bail [UPDATE]

Arjun Aloysius and Kasun Palisena granted bail [UPDATE]

Jan 1, 2019

(FASTNEWS|COLOMBO) - Owner of the Perpetual Treasuries Limited (PTL) Arjun Aloysius and its Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Kasun Palisena granted ... Read More

Sri Lanka, Bangladesh fail to secure entry to Super 12s

Sri Lanka, Bangladesh fail to secure entry to Super 12s

Jan 1, 2019

(FASTNEWS|COLOMBO) - Former champion and three-time finalist Sri Lanka and Bangladesh have failed to earn a direct entry to Super ... Read More

“Electricity and energy will not be burden to people,” Ravi says

“Electricity and energy will not be burden to people,” Ravi says

Jan 1, 2019

(FASTNEWS|COLOMBO) - Minister of Power, Energy and Business Development Ravi Karunanayake stated that steps will be taken to maintain electricity ... Read More

Sea vessel identified in Mullaitivu

Sea vessel identified in Mullaitivu

Jan 1, 2019

(FASTNEWS|COLOMBO) - The vessel that was floating in the sea in Mullaitivu has now been identified as a fishing vessel ... Read More

Shooting incident in Jampata Street

Shooting incident in Jampata Street

Jan 1, 2019

(FASTNEWS|COLOMBO) - An individual injured and was hospitalised following a shooting incident in Jampata Street, Colombo a short while ago. ... Read More

Welikada Prison riot: Emil Ranjan Lamahewa further remanded

Welikada Prison riot: Emil Ranjan Lamahewa further remanded

Jan 1, 2019

(FASTNEWS|COLOMBO) - Former Prisons Commissioner Emil Ranjan Lamahewa who was arrested in connection with the Welikada Prison riot in 2012, ... Read More