Category: LOCAL

Basil Rajapaksa returns to Sri Lanka

Basil Rajapaksa returns to Sri Lanka

Jan 1, 2022

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Minister of Finance Basil Rajapaksa who was on a personal visit to the US for a ... Read More

President invites all to make 2022 a transformational year

President invites all to make 2022 a transformational year

Jan 1, 2022

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has expressed confidence that the new year would provide an opportunity to further ... Read More

PM issues message for New Year 2022

PM issues message for New Year 2022

Jan 1, 2022

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - At the dawn of the new year, people must be determined to navigate through the difficult ... Read More

Special security plan across the island

Special security plan across the island

Dec 31, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Police say a special security plan will be implemented across the island today and tomorrow. (more…) Read More

Dengue cases on the rise

Dengue cases on the rise

Dec 31, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Director of the National Dengue Control Unit Dr. Sudath Samaraweera says the number of dengue cases ... Read More

Govt. yet to provide funding to reopen universities

Govt. yet to provide funding to reopen universities

Dec 31, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - The Inter University Students Federation says the government has not yet provided funds to the relevant ... Read More

Protective sticker compulsory on all liquor bottles in 2022

Protective sticker compulsory on all liquor bottles in 2022

Dec 31, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - The Excise Department of Sri Lanka says they will make it compulsory to paste a protective ... Read More

Govt. will never allow for people to starve

Govt. will never allow for people to starve

Dec 31, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Minister of Trade Dr. Bandula Gunawardena says the Government will never allow the people to starve, ... Read More

Fourteen oil tanks currently managed by LIOC in Trincomalee tank farm

Fourteen oil tanks currently managed by LIOC in Trincomalee tank farm

Dec 31, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - The Minister of Energy, Udaya Gammanpila says that 14 oil tanks currently managed by LIOC at ... Read More

Sand, stone licences to be issued by single body

Sand, stone licences to be issued by single body

Dec 31, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - The Geological Survey and Mines Bureau states that licences for the transportation and excavation of soil, ... Read More

One body recovered from three who drowned

One body recovered from three who drowned

Dec 31, 2021

(FASTNEWS |  RATNAPURA) - Search operations have uncovered the body of a 16-year-old girl out of the two girls and ... Read More

Another 41 new cases of OMICRON detected in SL

Another 41 new cases of OMICRON detected in SL

Dec 31, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - The head of the Department of Immunology and Molecular Biology at Sri Jayewardenepura University, Dr. Chandima ... Read More

Report on two recent emergency landings in two days

Report on two recent emergency landings in two days

Dec 29, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - The Civil Aviation Authority says the report on the emergency landings by two light aircraft of ... Read More

Justice Ministry to launch ‘Access to Justice’ mobile service

Justice Ministry to launch ‘Access to Justice’ mobile service

Dec 29, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - The Ministry of Justice has taken steps to launch a specialised mobile service named ‘Access to ... Read More

Unis to conduct lectures at 50% student capacity from today

Unis to conduct lectures at 50% student capacity from today

Dec 29, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Universities have been allowed to conduct lectures and other activities at 50% student capacity from today ... Read More