Category: LOCAL

Age between 16-19 to be vaccinated from tomorrow

Age between 16-19 to be vaccinated from tomorrow

Oct 21, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Director General of Health Services Dr. Asela Gunawardena says the vaccination of school children between the ... Read More

Another 57 quarantine law violators arrested

Another 57 quarantine law violators arrested

Oct 21, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Another 57 persons have been arrested during the past 24 hours on charges of violating quarantine ... Read More

SC orders for investigation over Ratwatte Prison Fiasco

SC orders for investigation over Ratwatte Prison Fiasco

Oct 21, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - The Supreme Court today (21) has called for a prompt investigation into the incident involving the former ... Read More

FR filed against transfer of Yugadanavi shares

FR filed against transfer of Yugadanavi shares

Oct 21, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - General Secretary of the Samagi Jana Balawegaya Parliamentarian Ranjith Madduma Bandara has filed a Fundamental Rights ... Read More

Inter-provincial public transport still not in operation

Inter-provincial public transport still not in operation

Oct 21, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - The Ministry of Transport emphasizes that public transport services have still not been made operational due ... Read More

President arrives at Parliament

President arrives at Parliament

Oct 21, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Chief Government Whip Minister Johnston Fernando stated that President Gotabaya Rajapaksa arrived at the Parliament and ... Read More

Birth of sextuplets reported from SL

Birth of sextuplets reported from SL

Oct 21, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - The birth of the first sextuplets (six babies born of one pregnancy) in the country was ... Read More

Observers claim investments in Colombo put Sri Lanka’s interests at stake

Observers claim investments in Colombo put Sri Lanka’s interests at stake

Oct 21, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Investment projects in the coastal city of Colombo, Sri Lanka have created enormous social and economic ... Read More

Schools with less than 200 students to reopen today

Schools with less than 200 students to reopen today

Oct 21, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Primary sections of schools across the country with less than 200 students, will reopen today for ... Read More

Inter-Province Travel Restrictions Extended

Inter-Province Travel Restrictions Extended

Oct 20, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - The Existing Inter-Province Travel Restrictions have been extended to the 31st of October 2021, as per ... Read More

Another 71 arrested for violating quarantine regulations

Another 71 arrested for violating quarantine regulations

Oct 20, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - The Sri Lanka Police says that 71 people have been arrested for violating quarantine regulations within ... Read More

SL Buddhist monks to land first at new Kushinagar Airport

SL Buddhist monks to land first at new Kushinagar Airport

Oct 20, 2021

(FASTNEWS | KUSHINAGAR) - The Kushinagar International Airport in Kushinagar, India will officially be declared open today. (more…) Read More

Nano Nitrogen liquid fertilizer reaches Sri Lanka

Nano Nitrogen liquid fertilizer reaches Sri Lanka

Oct 20, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - The first batch of Nano Nitrogen liquid fertilizer imported from India has been brought to the ... Read More

Cinnamon, pepper & cloves prices increase

Cinnamon, pepper & cloves prices increase

Oct 20, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Market prices of a number of major export crops including cinnamon, pepper, nutmeg, cloves, and coffee ... Read More

COVID recoveries increase to 493,314

COVID recoveries increase to 493,314

Oct 19, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) -  Another 339 more COVID-19 patients recovered and were discharged from hospitals. (more…) Read More