Category: LOCAL

Special discussion regarding ‘Queen of Asia’

Special discussion regarding ‘Queen of Asia’

Dec 13, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - A special discussion will be held today (13) on the world's largest natural corundum blue sapphire, ... Read More

No power cuts from today

No power cuts from today

Dec 10, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - No power cuts from today -Ministry of Power (more…) Read More

NOCPCO will disintegrate from COVID activities

NOCPCO will disintegrate from COVID activities

Dec 9, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - The National Operations Centre for Prevention of COVID-19 Outbreak (NOCPCO) will be converted to an Operations Center ... Read More

Nursing schools to be upgraded islandwide

Nursing schools to be upgraded islandwide

Dec 9, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Nursing schools to be upgraded islandwide (more…) Read More

No aptitude tests for university admissions in future

No aptitude tests for university admissions in future

Dec 9, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Chairman of the University Grants Commission Professor Sampath Amaratunge says a decision has been reached to ... Read More

Scholarships to be awarded to children who lost parents due COVID

Scholarships to be awarded to children who lost parents due COVID

Dec 9, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - A programme has been launched to award educational scholarships to children below the age of 20, ... Read More

Admiral of the Fleet Wasantha Karannagoda to be appointed as new Governor of North Western Province

Admiral of the Fleet Wasantha Karannagoda to be appointed as new Governor of North Western Province

Dec 9, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - It is reported that Admiral of the Fleet Wasantha Karannagoda is to be appointed as the ... Read More

Action will be taken against gas explosions

Action will be taken against gas explosions

Dec 9, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - State Minister for Consumer Protection Lasantha Alagiyawanna stated that if the respective manufacturing company has committed ... Read More

Mahanayake writes to Imran Khan, calls for justice

Mahanayake writes to Imran Khan, calls for justice

Dec 9, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Most. Ven. Warakagoda Gnanarathana Thero, the Mahanayake of the Asgiriya Chapter has written to Pakistan’s Prime ... Read More

Plastic and polythene products to be banned

Plastic and polythene products to be banned

Dec 8, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - ‘Steps being taken to ban eight plastic, polythene related products’ (more…) Read More

There will be no further power outages 

There will be no further power outages 

Dec 8, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Minister of Power Gamini Lokuge says there will be no further power outages. (more…) Read More

Family of three killed in train accident in Rosella

Family of three killed in train accident in Rosella

Dec 8, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - A couple and their son have died after colliding with a Colombo-bound Badulla train. (more…) Read More

Priyantha Kumara’s final rites to be performed today

Priyantha Kumara’s final rites to be performed today

Dec 8, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - The final rites of the late Priyantha Kumara, who was brutally murdered in Sialkot, Pakistan, will ... Read More

Litro Gas ordered to recall unused gas cylinders

Litro Gas ordered to recall unused gas cylinders

Dec 8, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - The Consumer Affairs Authority has informed Litro Gas to recall all sealed gas cylinders that were ... Read More

Speaker appoints committee to look into unrest reported in Parliament

Speaker appoints committee to look into unrest reported in Parliament

Dec 8, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - A committee has been appointed by the Speaker of House to look into the unrest reported ... Read More