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China is expanding its access to foreign ports: Pentagon

China is expanding its access to foreign ports: Pentagon

Jan 16, 2019

(FASTNEWS|COLOMBO) - China is expanding its access to foreign ports, like Gwadar in Pakistan, to pre-position the logistic framework necessary ... Read More

DIG Nalaka De Silva further remanded

DIG Nalaka De Silva further remanded

Jan 16, 2019

(FASTNEWS|COLOMBO) - Former Director of the Terrorist Investigation Division, Deputy Inspector General of Police Nalaka De Silva and an Indian ... Read More

Case against Basil Rajapaksa postponed

Case against Basil Rajapaksa postponed

Jan 16, 2019

(FASTNEWS|COLOMBO) - The case filed against Former Economic Development Minister Basil Rajapaksa and former Director General of the Divineguma Department, ... Read More

Case against Ravindra Wijegunaratne postponed

Case against Ravindra Wijegunaratne postponed

Jan 16, 2019

(FASTNEWS|COLOMBO) - The case filed against Chief of Defence Staff, Ravindra Wijegunaratne in connection with the alleged abductions, has postponed ... Read More

Construction of Port City Project to begin

Construction of Port City Project to begin

Jan 16, 2019

(FASTNEWS|COLOMBO) - The reclamation of the Colombo International Financial City has been completed, the Megapolis and Western Province Development Ministry ... Read More

Cut off marks for university entry to issue on May

Cut off marks for university entry to issue on May

Jan 16, 2019

(FASTNEWS|COLOMBO) - The University Grants Commission said, that the cutoff marks for University admission based on A / L results ... Read More

Army Supports Awareness Project on Dangerous Drugs

Army Supports Awareness Project on Dangerous Drugs

Jan 16, 2019

(FASTNEWS|COLOMBO) - Presidential Task Force on Drug Prevention considering the Sri Lanka Army as the best messenger for prevention and ... Read More

California storms bring mudslide fears, blizzard warning

California storms bring mudslide fears, blizzard warning

Jan 16, 2019

(FASTNEWS|COLOMBO) - Authorities told residents to evacuate hundreds of Southern California homes in areas burned by wildfires as storms brought ... Read More

Darren Bravo returns to West Indies Test squad to face England

Darren Bravo returns to West Indies Test squad to face England

Jan 16, 2019

(FASTNEWS|COLOMBO) - Darren Bravo is set to play his first Test in more than two years, after being named in ... Read More

UK Parliament rejects Brexit deal, Theresa May to face no-trust vote

UK Parliament rejects Brexit deal, Theresa May to face no-trust vote

Jan 16, 2019

(FASTNEWS|COLOMBO) - British lawmakers defeated Prime Minister Theresa May’s Brexit divorce deal by a crushing margin on Tuesday, triggering political ... Read More

President made a cash donation to student, who is ranked first in Polonnaruwa district at G.C.E. (A/L) Examination

President made a cash donation to student, who is ranked first in Polonnaruwa district at G.C.E. (A/L) Examination

Jan 15, 2019

(FASTNEWS|COLOMBO) - President Maithripala Sirisena has made a cash donation of one million rupees to the student Akila Ishani Wijerathne ... Read More

China grants first crude import license to private trading firm

China grants first crude import license to private trading firm

Jan 15, 2019

(FASTNEWS|COLOMBO) - China’s commerce ministry granted a crude oil import license to Zhejiang Wuchan Zhongda Petroleum, a private trading firm ... Read More

Kelani Bridge entry temporarily closed today

Kelani Bridge entry temporarily closed today

Jan 15, 2019

(FASTNEWS|COLOMBO) - Vehicular traffic on the road from the New Kelani bridge entry towards the Kelanitissa Roundabout will be restricted ... Read More

Windy condition is expected to strengthen to some extent over the island

Windy condition is expected to strengthen to some extent over the island

Jan 15, 2019

(FASTNEWS|COLOMBO) - Windy condition is expected to strengthen to some extent over the island (Northwestern, Uva and Eastern provinces and ... Read More