Category: LOCAL

Risk of landslides in several districts

Risk of landslides in several districts

Oct 14, 2022

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Landslide warnings have been issued in 3 districts due to the heavy rains that have affected ... Read More

Court proceedings against Maithripala Sirisena to be suspended for 10 weeks

Court proceedings against Maithripala Sirisena to be suspended for 10 weeks

Oct 14, 2022

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - The Court of Appeal today directed the Colombo Fort Magistrate’s Court to postpone the hearing of ... Read More

Pensioners complain regarding delayed gratuity payments

Pensioners complain regarding delayed gratuity payments

Oct 13, 2022

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - A complaint was filed with the Sri Lankan Human Rights Commission by the pensioners’ rights movement. ... Read More

Eighty Million worth of rice missing from Lanka Sathosa warehouse

Eighty Million worth of rice missing from Lanka Sathosa warehouse

Oct 13, 2022

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - According to sources, LKR 80 Million worth of rice has disappeared from a warehouse belonging to ... Read More

Country to celebrate 75th Independence Day with dignity

Country to celebrate 75th Independence Day with dignity

Oct 13, 2022

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - President Ranil Wickremesinghe instructed officials to celebrate the 75th Independence Day in a dignified manner that ... Read More

Dates for LG election

Dates for LG election

Oct 13, 2022

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - The National Election Commissions has reiterated its stance of conducting the Local Authorities Election before the ... Read More

Heavy showers above 100mm predicted for some areas

Heavy showers above 100mm predicted for some areas

Oct 13, 2022

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - The Department of Meteorology says cloudy skies are expected in most parts of the island today ... Read More

No changes to the train schedule along the coastal belt

No changes to the train schedule along the coastal belt

Oct 13, 2022

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - The train schedule along the coastal belt will not be amended as previously announced. (more…) Read More

Today’s power cut schedule

Today’s power cut schedule

Oct 13, 2022

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - The Ceylon Electricity Board will continue to impose two-hour-and-20-minute power cuts in residential areas. (more…) Read More

Erik Solheim teams up with the Sri Lankan government to combat climate change

Erik Solheim teams up with the Sri Lankan government to combat climate change

Oct 12, 2022

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Former Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) Erik Solheim is appointed as the ... Read More

Power cut schedule for TODAY

Power cut schedule for TODAY

Oct 12, 2022

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - The Ceylon Electricity Board will continue to impose two-hour-and-20-minute power cuts in residential areas. (more…) Read More

Spells of showers likely in Western, Sabaragamuwa provinces

Spells of showers likely in Western, Sabaragamuwa provinces

Oct 12, 2022

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - The Department of Meteorology predicts several spells of showers in the Western and Sabaragamuwa provinces and ... Read More

Report on tests conducted on fuel samples expected today

Report on tests conducted on fuel samples expected today

Oct 12, 2022

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - The report on the tests conducted on fuel samples obtained from filling stations across the country ... Read More

Inland Revenue (Amendment) Bill gazetted

Inland Revenue (Amendment) Bill gazetted

Oct 12, 2022

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - The Inland Revenue (Amendment) Draft Bill has been published in the gazette by the Government Printer. ... Read More

President pushes forward with the Jana Sabha system

President pushes forward with the Jana Sabha system

Oct 12, 2022

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - President Ranil Wickremesinghe has taken a monumental step towards decentralizing powers of local government bodies by ... Read More