Indian women’s team to hosts England for three ODIs and three T20Is
(FASTNEWS|COLOMBO) – The Indian women’s cricket team will play England in a three-match ODI series in Mumbai as part of…
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African Union Urges Congo to Suspend Final Election Results
(FASTNEWS|COLOMBO) – The African Union (AU) has called on the Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo) to postpone the announcement…
Kavin Ratnayake appointed as new Sri Lanka Ports Authority Chairman
(FASTNEWS|COLOMBO) – Kavin Ratnayake has been appointed as the new Chairman of the Sri Lanka Ports Authority (SLPA). Ratnayake assumed…
70 Students hospitalised following wasps attack
(FASTNEWS|COLOMBO) – Seventy students of Sri Sugatha Madya Maha Vidyalaya, Ballaketuwa, Ella have been hospitalised after being attacked by wasp…
SLC elections postponed
(FASTNEWS|COLOMBO) – Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) elections will be postponed until February 21, by two weeks, Sports Ministry announced.
JO to Election Commission today
(FASTNEWS|COLOMBO) – The Leaders of the Joint Opposition (JO) affiliated-parties have decided to go to the Election Commission on Thursday…
President appoints Commission of Inquiry
(FASTNEWS|COLOMBO) – President Maithripala Sirisena has appointed a Commission of Inquiry to investigate into the corruption and malpractices between 15…
Akkaraipattu Deputy Mayor arrested by TID today
(FASTNEWS|COLOMBO) – The Deputy Mayor of Akkaraipattu Municipal Council Abdul Gaffoor Asmy has been arrested by the Terrorism Investigation Division…
IMF team to resume EFF talks in February
(FASTNEWS|COLOMBO) – An International Monetary Fund (IMF) team will visit Colombo in mid-February to resume the Extended Fund Facility (EFF)…
Saudi government decided to increase Haj quota for Sri Lanka
(FASTNEWS|COLOMBO) – Post, Postal services and Muslim Religious Affairs Minister M H Abdul Haleem said that the Saudi government has…
Screen Actors Guild slams film academy for Oscar tactics
(FASTNEWS|COLOMBO) – The Screen Actors Guild on Monday called on the film academy to stop trying to prevent stars from…
Qatar the safest country in the world
(FASTNEWS|COLOMBO) – Qatar has retained its global distinction as the safest country among Arab countries as well as globally after…
AB de Villiers expresses interest in playing The Hundred
(FASTNEWS|COLOMBO) – AB de Villiers, the former South Africa captain, has suggested that the ECB is right to experiment with…
Theresa May survives no-confidence vote in British Parliament
(FASTNEWS|COLOMBO) – Prime Minister Theresa May narrowly survived a vote of no-confidence in Parliament on Wednesday, but that did little…
Screen time for children need not be curtailed: Study
(FASTNEWS|COLOMBO) – Staring at a screen has not been exactly advisable for children. But a new study has inferred that…