Category: LOCAL

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - The case filed against Parliamentarian Rajitha Senaratne and former Chairman of the State Pharmaceuticals Corporation Rumi ... Read More

Power cuts not to be imposed today

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - The Ceylon Electricity Board states that no power cuts will be imposed today (20). (more…) Read More

South Korean Speaker arrives in the island

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Speaker of the National Assembly of South Korea Park Byeong-Seng has arrived in the country on ... Read More

Minister Sarath Weerasekera Tests Positive for COVID

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Retired Rear Admiral Sarath Weerasekera, Minister of Public Security has been diagnosed with COVID-19. (more…) Read More

One-hour power cuts likely in several areas tonight

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - The Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) says there are possibilities of power cuts being imposed in several ... Read More

Anura Dissanayake new Secretary to the PM

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Anura Dissanayake, the former Secretary of the Ministry of Irrigation, has been appointed as the new ... Read More

China to grant 1 million metric tons of rice to Sri Lanka

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Sri Lanka will be receiving 1 million metric tons of rice from China as a donation, ... Read More

Kelanitissa combined cycle power station shut down

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Engineers at Kelanitissa power plant says Kelanitissa combined cycle power station with a capacity of 165MW ... Read More

“Central Bank issued funds to obtain fuel” – Minister Gammanpila

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Co-Cabinet Spokesman Minister Udaya Gammanpila says the Central Bank has issued funds to obtain fuel from ... Read More

Island-wide dengue eradication project

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Island-wide dengue eradication project tomorrow and on Friday (more…) Read More

Gamini Senarath assume duties as the Secretary to the President

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Gamini Senarath assumed duties at the Presidential Secretariat this morning as the Secretary to the President. ... Read More

Lanka IOC turns down request to deliver to CEB – Minister Gamini

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Sri Lanka’s Minister of Power said that Lanka IOC has informed the Ceylon Electricity Board that ... Read More

Sapugaskanda Power Plant runs out of Furnace Oil

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Electricity generation at the Sapugaskanda Power Plant has come to a grinding halt, as it has ... Read More

Kelanitissa power plant to be shut down today

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - The Ceylon Electricity Board Engineers' Union (CEBEU) states that all thermal generators at the Kelanitissa Power ... Read More

Sri Lanka pays USD 500 Mn for ISBs