Category: LOCAL

Secretary to Finance Ministry comments on price formula for fuel

Secretary to Finance Ministry comments on price formula for fuel

Nov 20, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Secretary to the Ministry of Finance S.R. Attygalle stated that no policy decision has been taken ... Read More

Explosion reported in Colombo

Explosion reported in Colombo

Nov 20, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - An explosion reported at a restaurant in the Racecourse building in Colombo this morning. (more…) Read More

Another 496 buses warned over violation of health guidelines

Another 496 buses warned over violation of health guidelines

Nov 18, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Police have issued warnings to drivers of 496 passenger buses and air-conditioned buses in the Western ... Read More

No intention of purchasing Chinese fertilizer tested by a third party

No intention of purchasing Chinese fertilizer tested by a third party

Nov 18, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - The Ministry of Agriculture states that it is illegal for a third party to test samples ... Read More

Government allies discuss Yugadanavi petition

Government allies discuss Yugadanavi petition

Nov 18, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - A meeting of the leaders of the government's allied parties were held yesterday to discuss issues ... Read More

Gotabhaya Rajapaksa completes 2 years as President of Sri Lanka

Gotabhaya Rajapaksa completes 2 years as President of Sri Lanka

Nov 18, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Today marks the second year of President Gotabhaya Rajapaksa's appointmne as President. (more…) Read More

Sri Lanka approves first oral antiviral pill for Covid treatment

Sri Lanka approves first oral antiviral pill for Covid treatment

Nov 17, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - The Sri Lankan government permitted the use of Molnupiravir, the first oral antiviral pill to treat ... Read More

Booster shots to be administered to people over-60s today

Booster shots to be administered to people over-60s today

Nov 17, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Sri Lanka will commence rolling out the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine as the booster dose to people aged ... Read More

SJB protests in Parliament over yesterday’s obstructions

SJB protests in Parliament over yesterday’s obstructions

Nov 17, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Samagi Jana Balawegaya Parliamentarians engaged in a protest in the Parliament Chamber at the commencement of ... Read More

DNA test confirms identity of ‘Angoda Lokka’

DNA test confirms identity of ‘Angoda Lokka’

Nov 17, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - A DNA test has established the identity of underworld gang member Angoda Lokka who died in ... Read More

NMRA database: Software Engineer released on bail

NMRA database: Software Engineer released on bail

Nov 17, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - A Software Engineer of a private company, who was arrested and remanded over the missing files ... Read More

One lane of the Colombo-Kandy Road reponed

One lane of the Colombo-Kandy Road reponed

Nov 17, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - One lane of the Colombo-Kandy Road, that was closed from Pahala Kadugannawa, was opened at noon ... Read More

Speaker endorses certificate on Minimum Retirement Age of Workers Bill

Speaker endorses certificate on Minimum Retirement Age of Workers Bill

Nov 17, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) -   Speaker of Parliament Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena has endorsed the certificate on the Minimum Retirement Age ... Read More

Documentary on “Gandhara: The Buddhist Heritage of Pakistan”

Documentary on “Gandhara: The Buddhist Heritage of Pakistan”

Nov 16, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - “Gandhara” is a documentary jointly produced by the High Commission of Pakistan in Sri Lanka and ... Read More

Govt insists no fuel shortage in the country

Govt insists no fuel shortage in the country

Nov 16, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - The government has reiterated that there is no fuel shortage in the country. (more…) Read More