Category: LOCAL

Minuwangoda triple homicide: police seek public assistance to arrest main suspect

Minuwangoda triple homicide: police seek public assistance to arrest main suspect

Oct 12, 2022

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Sri Lanka Police has sought public assistance to arrest the main suspect and shooter in the ... Read More

Laugfs Gas reduced domestic gas cylinder prices

Laugfs Gas reduced domestic gas cylinder prices

Oct 11, 2022

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) -  LAUGFS Gas has reduced to the price of a domestic 12.5 kg cylinder to Rs. 5,300/-, ... Read More

Crude oil ship held up, demurrage piles up

Crude oil ship held up, demurrage piles up

Oct 11, 2022

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - The release of 99,000 metric tonnes of crude oil held up from unloading for nearly three ... Read More

Extensive CID probe into Thilini Priyamali’s contacts

Extensive CID probe into Thilini Priyamali’s contacts

Oct 11, 2022

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) has launched an extensive investigation into persons who are said to ... Read More

Two more illegally imported Hummers found

Two more illegally imported Hummers found

Oct 11, 2022

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) -   Two more Hummer vehicles illegally imported into the country were found at the Sri Lanka ... Read More

Two-Hundred students of Ruhunu Faculty of Medicine banned from classes

Two-Hundred students of Ruhunu Faculty of Medicine banned from classes

Oct 11, 2022

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Due to an incident of harassment of new students enrolled in the first year medical faculty ... Read More

Heavy showers expected tonight

Heavy showers expected tonight

Oct 11, 2022

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - The Department of Meteorology announced that showers or thundershowers will occur in most parts of the ... Read More

IMF and World Bank warn of recession next year

IMF and World Bank warn of recession next year

Oct 11, 2022

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - The leaders of the IMF and World Bank have said much of the world will slide ... Read More

Finance State Minister meets IMF Deputy MD

Finance State Minister meets IMF Deputy MD

Oct 11, 2022

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - State Minister of Finance Shehan Semasinghe and Governor of the Central Bank Nandalal Weerasinghe have held ... Read More

Australians charged with bribing officials over million-dollar projects in Sri Lanka

Australians charged with bribing officials over million-dollar projects in Sri Lanka

Oct 11, 2022

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Two senior managers of a large Australian-based engineering construction firm accused of making corrupt payments to ... Read More

Charges for issuance of driving licences revised

Charges for issuance of driving licences revised

Oct 11, 2022

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Gazette has been published revising the charges for the issuance of motor vehicle driving licences. (more…) Read More

Power cut scheduled for today shortened

Power cut scheduled for today shortened

Oct 11, 2022

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - The Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka has issued the power cut schedule from today(11) till ... Read More

Engine drivers of three power sets withdraw from services

Engine drivers of three power sets withdraw from services

Oct 10, 2022

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Engine drivers of S-09, S-10 and S-12 power sets have withdrawn from services along the Kelani ... Read More

Romania to offer IT jobs to Sri Lankans

Romania to offer IT jobs to Sri Lankans

Oct 10, 2022

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Sri Lankan IT-skilled youths will have the opportunity to join companies and Multinational corporations in Romania ... Read More

IMF, World Bank summit opens today

IMF, World Bank summit opens today

Oct 10, 2022

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - The Annual Meetings of the Boards of Governors of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the ... Read More