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Indian women’s team to hosts England for three ODIs and three T20Is

Indian women’s team to hosts England for three ODIs and three T20Is

Jan 18, 2019

(FASTNEWS|COLOMBO) - The Indian women’s cricket team will play England in a three-match ODI series in Mumbai as part of ... Read More

African Union Urges Congo to Suspend Final Election Results

African Union Urges Congo to Suspend Final Election Results

Jan 18, 2019

(FASTNEWS|COLOMBO) - The African Union (AU) has called on the Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo) to postpone the announcement ... Read More

Kavin Ratnayake appointed as new Sri Lanka Ports Authority Chairman

Kavin Ratnayake appointed as new Sri Lanka Ports Authority Chairman

Jan 17, 2019

(FASTNEWS|COLOMBO) - Kavin Ratnayake has been appointed as the new Chairman of the Sri Lanka Ports Authority (SLPA). Ratnayake assumed ... Read More

70 Students hospitalised following wasps attack

70 Students hospitalised following wasps attack

Jan 17, 2019

(FASTNEWS|COLOMBO) - Seventy students of Sri Sugatha Madya Maha Vidyalaya, Ballaketuwa, Ella have been hospitalised after being attacked by wasp ... Read More

SLC elections postponed

SLC elections postponed

Jan 17, 2019

(FASTNEWS|COLOMBO) - Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) elections will be postponed until February 21, by two weeks, Sports Ministry announced. Read More

JO to Election Commission today

JO to Election Commission today

Jan 17, 2019

(FASTNEWS|COLOMBO) - The Leaders of the Joint Opposition (JO) affiliated-parties have decided to go to the Election Commission on Thursday ... Read More

President appoints Commission of Inquiry

President appoints Commission of Inquiry

Jan 17, 2019

(FASTNEWS|COLOMBO) - President Maithripala Sirisena has appointed a Commission of Inquiry to investigate into the corruption and malpractices between 15 ... Read More

Akkaraipattu Deputy Mayor arrested by TID today

Akkaraipattu Deputy Mayor arrested by TID today

Jan 17, 2019

(FASTNEWS|COLOMBO) - The Deputy Mayor of Akkaraipattu Municipal Council Abdul Gaffoor Asmy has been arrested by the Terrorism Investigation Division ... Read More

IMF team to resume EFF talks in February

IMF team to resume EFF talks in February

Jan 17, 2019

(FASTNEWS|COLOMBO) - An International Monetary Fund (IMF) team will visit Colombo in mid-February to resume the Extended Fund Facility (EFF) ... Read More

Saudi government decided to increase Haj quota for Sri Lanka

Saudi government decided to increase Haj quota for Sri Lanka

Jan 17, 2019

(FASTNEWS|COLOMBO) - Post, Postal services and Muslim Religious Affairs Minister M H Abdul Haleem said that the Saudi government has ... Read More

Screen Actors Guild slams film academy for Oscar tactics

Screen Actors Guild slams film academy for Oscar tactics

Jan 17, 2019

(FASTNEWS|COLOMBO) - The Screen Actors Guild on Monday called on the film academy to stop trying to prevent stars from ... Read More

Qatar the safest country in the world

Qatar the safest country in the world

Jan 17, 2019

(FASTNEWS|COLOMBO) - Qatar has retained its global distinction as the safest country among Arab countries as well as globally after ... Read More

AB de Villiers expresses interest in playing The Hundred

AB de Villiers expresses interest in playing The Hundred

Jan 17, 2019

(FASTNEWS|COLOMBO) - AB de Villiers, the former South Africa captain, has suggested that the ECB is right to experiment with ... Read More

Theresa May survives no-confidence vote in British Parliament

Theresa May survives no-confidence vote in British Parliament

Jan 17, 2019

(FASTNEWS|COLOMBO) - Prime Minister Theresa May narrowly survived a vote of no-confidence in Parliament on Wednesday, but that did little ... Read More

Screen time for children need not be curtailed: Study

Screen time for children need not be curtailed: Study

Jan 16, 2019

(FASTNEWS|COLOMBO) - Staring at a screen has not been exactly advisable for children. But a new study has inferred that ... Read More