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New District Leaders Appointed for SLFP

New District Leaders Appointed for SLFP

Jan 24, 2019

(FASTNEWS|COLOMBO) - The new district leaders appointed for the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) received their appointment letters from the ... Read More

Rohitha Rajapaksa ties the knot

Rohitha Rajapaksa ties the knot

Jan 24, 2019

(FASTNEWS|COLOMBO) - Former President and Opposition Leader Mahinda Rajapaksa's son Rohitha Rajapaksa's wedding was held today (24) at Weeraketiya. It ... Read More

COPE reports on 17 Government institutions tabled in Parliament

COPE reports on 17 Government institutions tabled in Parliament

Jan 24, 2019

(FASTNEWS|COLOMBO) - Committee on Public Enterprises (COPE) investigation reports on 17 Government institutions from 2017.07.01 to 2017.09. 30 tabled in ... Read More

Women who eat meat less prone to disease: study

Women who eat meat less prone to disease: study

Jan 24, 2019

(FASTNEWS|COLOMBO) - A joint study by doctors at AIIMS, Delhi, and Sher-i-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences (SKIMS) on dietary habits ... Read More

Malaysia set to elect new king after unprecedented abdication

Malaysia set to elect new king after unprecedented abdication

Jan 24, 2019

(FASTNEWS|COLOMBO) - Malaysian royals are voting on a new king after the previous monarch, in an unprecedented move, abdicated the ... Read More

Sri Lanka wins toss and will bat first at Gabba vs Australia

Sri Lanka wins toss and will bat first at Gabba vs Australia

Jan 24, 2019

(FASTNEWS|COLOMBO) - Sri has Lanka won the toss and decided to bat first in the day-night cricket test at the ... Read More

Two youths drowned in the Mahaweli river

Two youths drowned in the Mahaweli river

Jan 23, 2019

(FASTNEWS|COLOMBO) - Two youths aged 16 and 20 reported drowned while bathing in the Mahaweli river at Gampolawela in Gampola, ... Read More

Russel Arnold expects trust deficit in Sri Lankan ranks

Russel Arnold expects trust deficit in Sri Lankan ranks

Jan 23, 2019

(FASTNEWS|COLOMBO) - Russel Arnold believes that trust will "take a beating" in the Sri Lankan game following the raft of ... Read More

‘Navy Sampath’ further remanded

‘Navy Sampath’ further remanded

Jan 23, 2019

(FASTNEWS|COLOMBO) - Former Navy Lieutenant Commander Chandana Prasad Hettiarachchi alias ‘Navy Sampath’ and two others arrested over the abduction and ... Read More

Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee elected unanimously

Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee elected unanimously

Jan 23, 2019

(FASTNEWS|COLOMBO) - United People's Freedom Alliance (UPFA) Parliamentarian Lasantha Alagiyawanna elected unanimously as the Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee, ... Read More

Mother arrested after dead baby found in Amazon site’s restroom

Mother arrested after dead baby found in Amazon site’s restroom

Jan 23, 2019

(FASTNEWS|COLOMBO) - A woman has been arrested on suspicion of unlawful disposal of human remains after her newborn baby was ... Read More

Namal Rajapaksa before CID today

Namal Rajapaksa before CID today

Jan 23, 2019

(FASTNEWS|COLOMBO) - Parliamentarian  Namal Rajapaksa has been summonded to the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) today (23) to provide a statement, ... Read More

President left for Singapore

President left for Singapore

Jan 23, 2019

(FASTNEWS|COLOMBO) - President Maithripala Sirisena left for Singapore a short while ago, for a two day (Jan 23 -25) official visit ... Read More

Presidential Handicraft Award Ceremony today

Presidential Handicraft Award Ceremony today

Jan 23, 2019

(FASTNEWS|COLOMBO) - The Presidential Handicraft Award Ceremony will be held on Wednesday (23) at 1.30 PM at ‘Ape Gama’ in ... Read More

SC issues notice to former Chief Justice Sarath N Silva

SC issues notice to former Chief Justice Sarath N Silva

Jan 23, 2019

(FASTNEWS|COLOMBO) - Supreme Court issues notice to former Chief Justice Sarath N Silva to appear before it on February 7th ... Read More