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