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O/L exam cheat: Education Ministry launched a disciplinary inquiry against the female teacher

O/L exam cheat: Education Ministry launched a disciplinary inquiry against the female teacher

Dec 8, 2018

(FASTNEWS|COLOMBO) - The Education Ministry has launched a disciplinary inquiry against the female teacher who was arrested for helping a ... Read More

Italy nightclub stampede kills six and injures 100

Italy nightclub stampede kills six and injures 100

Dec 8, 2018

(FASTNEWS|COLOMBO) - Six people have been killed and more than 100 injured, 10 of them seriously, in a stampede at ... Read More

Six suspects arrested for heroin distribution

Six suspects arrested for heroin distribution

Dec 8, 2018

(FASTNEWS|COLOMBO) - Six suspects who had engaged in a heroin distribution racket by using a mobile payment service to make ... Read More

Iranamadu reservoir vested in people by the President providing solutions for water issue in North

Iranamadu reservoir vested in people by the President providing solutions for water issue in North

Dec 8, 2018

(FASTNEWS|COLOMBO)- President Maithripala Sirisena vested the reconstructed Iranamadu reservoir in the people yesterday (07), fulfilling another aspiration of the President, ... Read More

Several spells of showers expected today

Several spells of showers expected today

Dec 8, 2018

(FASTNEWS|COLOMBO) - The low pressure area still persists to the South-east of Sri Lanka in the Bay of Bengal. Several ... Read More

Oil firms on drop in US crude stocks, market awaits OPEC/Russia supply decision

Oil firms on drop in US crude stocks, market awaits OPEC/Russia supply decision

Dec 7, 2018

(FASTNEWS|COLOMBO) - US oil prices stabilised on Friday, buoyed by a fall in U.S. crude oil inventories, but sentiment remained ... Read More

Largest heroin haul: Boat owner arrested

Largest heroin haul: Boat owner arrested

Dec 7, 2018

(FASTNEWS|COLOMO) - The owner of the boat allegedly used to transfer the stock of 231 kilograms of heroin seized on ... Read More

SLFP Central Committee to meet today

SLFP Central Committee to meet today

Dec 7, 2018

(FASTNEWS|COLOMBO) - The Central Committee of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) is scheduled to convene today (07) around 7.00 ... Read More

Special train and bus services are in operation during the festive season

Special train and bus services are in operation during the festive season

Dec 7, 2018

(FASTNEWS|COLOMBO) - A Special Train Service has been operated for the festive season from today (07). The train service between ... Read More

Light from cellphones, laptops can reset internal clock

Light from cellphones, laptops can reset internal clock

Dec 7, 2018

(FASTNEWS|COLOMBO) - It is not uncommon for most of us to go to bed while watching a movie, surfing social ... Read More

Ireland to host West Indies, Bangladesh in ODI tri-series

Ireland to host West Indies, Bangladesh in ODI tri-series

Dec 7, 2018

(FASTNEWS|COLOMBO) - will begin on May 5, will see the teams play each other twice with the top two sides ... Read More

Japan to ban Huawei, ZTE from govt contracts: Reports

Japan to ban Huawei, ZTE from govt contracts: Reports

Dec 7, 2018

(FASTNEWS|COLOMBO) - Japan is set to effectively ban government purchases of telecommunications products from China’s Huawei Technologies Co Ltd and ... Read More

Pak-origin UK councillor suspended after sending topless woman’s photo during meeting

Pak-origin UK councillor suspended after sending topless woman’s photo during meeting

Dec 7, 2018

(FASTNEWS|COLOMBO) - A Pakistani-origin councillor in the UK sent a photo of a topless woman to a group of women ... Read More

Govt. advices Ministries, Depts, Boards not to use luxury hotels for functions

Govt. advices Ministries, Depts, Boards not to use luxury hotels for functions

Dec 6, 2018

(FASTNEWS|COLOMVO) - Government has issued a circular under President Maithripala Sirisena's advice to all Ministries, Departments, and State-owned Boards not ... Read More

SLC Election on Feb. 07

SLC Election on Feb. 07

Dec 6, 2018

(FASTNEWS|COLOMBO) - Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) Elections will be held on 07 February 2019, the Director General of Sports announced. Read More