Category: LOCAL

Litro gas distribution delayed

Litro gas distribution delayed

May 18, 2022

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Litro Gas company says domestic gas cylinder distribution will be delayed by at least three days despite ... Read More

Power cut schedule for May 18th

Power cut schedule for May 18th

May 18, 2022

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - A three-hour-and-40-minute power cut will be enforced today (18). (more…) Read More

Defence Secretary confirms former PM’s whereabouts

Defence Secretary confirms former PM’s whereabouts

May 11, 2022

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Former Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa is currently at the Sri Lanka Navy (SLN) Dockyard in Trincomalee due ... Read More

Special meeting of party leaders to convene virtually

Special meeting of party leaders to convene virtually

May 11, 2022

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Speaker of Parliament, Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena, has decided to call a virtual meeting of political party leaders ... Read More

Sajith ready to take up Premiership

Sajith ready to take up Premiership

May 11, 2022

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Lakshman Kiriella says Sajih Premadasa is ready to take up the Prime Ministership of Sri Lanka, subject ... Read More

Armed forces ordered to open fire at looters & those who cause bodily harm

Armed forces ordered to open fire at looters & those who cause bodily harm

May 10, 2022

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Armed forces have been given the order to open fire at anyone looting public property or causing ... Read More

Protests erupt at the Naval Base in Trinco

Protests erupt at the Naval Base in Trinco

May 10, 2022

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - A protest has begun in front of the Trincomalee Naval Base after reports that Mahinda Rajapaksa and ... Read More

CID to conduct investigation on GotaGoGama attack

CID to conduct investigation on GotaGoGama attack

May 10, 2022

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - The Criminal Investigations Department has been tasked to conduct an investigation on the attack on peaceful protestors ... Read More

Entrance of the Katunayake airport blocked

Entrance of the Katunayake airport blocked

May 10, 2022

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - A group of youth associated with the the Katunayake Free Trade Zone (FTZ) have blocked the entrance ... Read More

Speaker wants President to summon P’ment

Speaker wants President to summon P’ment

May 10, 2022

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena said that he has requested the President to convene Parliament immediately. (more…) Read More

US condemns violence, concerned with state of emergency

US condemns violence, concerned with state of emergency

May 10, 2022

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - The United States of America is closely following the ongoing developments in Sri Lanka, including the resignation ... Read More

Private bus owners to withdraw from services tomorrow

Private bus owners to withdraw from services tomorrow

May 5, 2022

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - The Private Bus Owners’ Association has decided to withdraw from transport services across the island tomorrow (May ... Read More

Siyambalapitiya re-elected as Deputy Speaker of Parliament

Siyambalapitiya re-elected as Deputy Speaker of Parliament

May 5, 2022

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - MP Ranjith Siyambalapitiya was re-elected as the Deputy Speaker of Parliament today (May 05). (more…) Read More

Entry roads to parliament closed for two days

Entry roads to parliament closed for two days

May 5, 2022

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Several roads near the Parliament Complex will remain closed off to the general public today (May 05) ... Read More

Railway trade unions to commence 24-hour strike

Railway trade unions to commence 24-hour strike

May 5, 2022

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - The Railway Trade Union Alliance has decided to commence a 24-hour one-day strike at midnight today(5). (more…) Read More