Category: LOCAL

Over 100,000 Pfizer doses donated via COVAX program

Over 100,000 Pfizer doses donated via COVAX program

Aug 28, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - The United States donated over 100,000 doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine to Sri Lanka on ... Read More

Details of COVID vaccination clinics operating today

Details of COVID vaccination clinics operating today

Aug 28, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - COVID vaccination centres operated by the Ministry of Health are carried on in many parts of ... Read More

All economic centres open today and tomorrow

All economic centres open today and tomorrow

Aug 28, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - All economic centres across the country will remain open today and tomorrow. (more…) Read More

Advisory for heavy rain and winds issued

Advisory for heavy rain and winds issued

Aug 28, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) -  The Natural Hazards Early Warning Centre today issued an advisory for Heavy Rain and Winds. (more…) Read More

Rs.10 m donation to COVID-19 Fund

Rs.10 m donation to COVID-19 Fund

Aug 28, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - V.Thiagendran, a resident of Jaffna, made a donation of Rs. 10 million to the ‘ITUKAMA’ COVID-19 ... Read More

Confirmed Delta cases in Sri Lanka nears 300

Confirmed Delta cases in Sri Lanka nears 300

Aug 28, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - According to the latest sequencing data from the University of Sri Jayawardenepura, the number of confirmed ... Read More

Another consignment of Sinopharm vaccines reach Sri Lanka

Another consignment of Sinopharm vaccines reach Sri Lanka

Aug 28, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - It was reported that two million doses of Sinopharm vaccines purchased by State Pharmaceuticals Corporation of ... Read More

Programme to reduce sugar prices to be implemented

Programme to reduce sugar prices to be implemented

Aug 28, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - State Minister of Cooperative Services, Marketing Development and Consumer Protection, Lasantha Alagiyawanna stated that a programme ... Read More

Violating lockdown regulations: Over 650 arrested

Violating lockdown regulations: Over 650 arrested

Aug 28, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) -  In the last 24 hours, 667 persons have been arrested for violating quarantine regulations. (more…) Read More

Minister Bandula Gunawardena diagnosed with COVID-19

Minister Bandula Gunawardena diagnosed with COVID-19

Aug 28, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) -  Minister Bandula Gunawardena has tested positive for Covid-19. (more…) Read More

Immediate hospitalization of COVID patients over 60 or with NCD

Immediate hospitalization of COVID patients over 60 or with NCD

Aug 28, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has instructed Medical Officers of Health to submit requests for necessary vaccines for ... Read More

Quarantine curfew extended by a week

Quarantine curfew extended by a week

Aug 27, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - At the COVID Task Force meeting which was held under the patronage of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, ... Read More

Dry rations for low income groups undergoing quarantine

Dry rations for low income groups undergoing quarantine

Aug 26, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - The Government has decided to give dry rations worth Rs.10,000 only to low-income earning families who ... Read More

Half the population has received one vaccine dose – Health Promotion Bureau

Half the population has received one vaccine dose – Health Promotion Bureau

Aug 26, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Director of the Health Promotion Bureau, Consultant Dr. Ranjith Batuwantudawe said that as of now, more ... Read More

Navy seizes Kerala cannabis worth over Rs. 41 million

Navy seizes Kerala cannabis worth over Rs. 41 million

Aug 26, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - The Navy managed to seize about 139kg and 930g stock of Kerala cannabis, during a special ... Read More