Category: LOCAL

Price of eggs to be reduced

Price of eggs to be reduced

Jan 3, 2022

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Prices of eggs and poultry, which had risen sharply during the last festive season, have now come ... Read More

Digital identity card for youth introduced today

Digital identity card for youth introduced today

Jan 3, 2022

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - A digital identity card is being introduced today for all youth over the age of 15 ... Read More

Sapugaskanda Oil Refinery to close again from today

Sapugaskanda Oil Refinery to close again from today

Jan 3, 2022

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - The Ministry of Energy has taken steps to once again close the Sapugaskanda Oil Refinery from ... Read More

Safety sticker mandatory on all liquor bottles from today

Safety sticker mandatory on all liquor bottles from today

Jan 3, 2022

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - It will be mandatory for a safety sticker to be displayed on all liquor bottles and ... Read More

First Cabinet meeting of 2022 to be held today

First Cabinet meeting of 2022 to be held today

Jan 3, 2022

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - The first meeting of the Cabinet of Ministers for 2022 is scheduled to be held this ... Read More

All schools to re-open for the first term of 2022 today

All schools to re-open for the first term of 2022 today

Jan 3, 2022

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - All state schools and government approved schools will commence the first term of the new academic ... Read More

Public service resumes at full capacity today

Public service resumes at full capacity today

Jan 3, 2022

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - All state sector employees will report back to duty from today. (more…) Read More

Steps will be taken to cover missed subjects

Steps will be taken to cover missed subjects

Jan 2, 2022

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - The Ministry of Education states that steps will be taken to cover the subjects which were ... Read More

Sapugaskanda to be closed again from tomorrow

Sapugaskanda to be closed again from tomorrow

Jan 2, 2022

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - The Sapugaskanda Oil Refinery complex will be closed again from tomorrow (03). (more…) Read More

State employees to report back to duty tomorrow

State employees to report back to duty tomorrow

Jan 2, 2022

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - All state sector employees will report back to duty from tomorrow. (more…) Read More

Omicron cases rise in Sri Lanka

Omicron cases rise in Sri Lanka

Jan 1, 2022

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - The Ministry of Health says that 48 COVID-19 cases with the OMICRON variant of the virus ... Read More

Special meals for Prison Inmates today

Special meals for Prison Inmates today

Jan 1, 2022

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - The Department of Prisons has taken steps to provide inmates with a special meal for the ... Read More

Risk of Dengue increased in 15 Districts

Risk of Dengue increased in 15 Districts

Jan 1, 2022

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - The National Dengue Control Unit says that the risk of Dengue has increased in about 15 ... Read More

New set of health guidelines issued

New set of health guidelines issued

Jan 1, 2022

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) -  The Director-General of Health Services has published new health guidelines that will be effective from January ... Read More

Price of cement increased from today

Price of cement increased from today

Jan 1, 2022

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Local cement companies have decided to increase the price of cement with effect from today (January ... Read More