Category: LOCAL

Ninety-nine-year land lease for development of investment projects

Ninety-nine-year land lease for development of investment projects

Oct 10, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Deputy Mayor of Colombo, Muhammad Iqbal, stated that the Sri Lankan government's plan to develop investment ... Read More

Sri Lanka clinch the T20 series 2-0 defeating Oman

Sri Lanka clinch the T20 series 2-0 defeating Oman

Oct 10, 2021

(FASTNEWS |  OMAN) - A defiant 74-run unbroken sixth wicket partnership between Bhanuka Rajapakse and Chamika Karunaratne steered Sri Lanka ... Read More

Consumer Affairs Ministry to announce final prices tomorrow

Consumer Affairs Ministry to announce final prices tomorrow

Oct 10, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - The State Ministry of Consumer Affairs says the price revisions for milk powder, liquefied petroleum gas, ... Read More

COVID-19 recoveries in Sri Lanka increase to 479,629

COVID-19 recoveries in Sri Lanka increase to 479,629

Oct 9, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - The number of COVID-19 recoveries recorded in the country has increased to 479,629. (more…) Read More

SL to roll out Pfizer vaccine as third dose for people aged above 20

SL to roll out Pfizer vaccine as third dose for people aged above 20

Oct 9, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Sri Lanka is planning to roll out Pfizer-BioNTech vaccines as the third dose for people above ... Read More

FB apologizes for second outage in a week, services back up

FB apologizes for second outage in a week, services back up

Oct 9, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - The company confirmed its social media platform, Instagram, Messenger and Workplace were impacted by the latest ... Read More

Government registered doctors retirement age revised

Government registered doctors retirement age revised

Oct 9, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - An Extraordinary Gazette notification issued to set the retirement age of government registered doctors to 63 ... Read More

New Milk powder prices announced

New Milk powder prices announced

Oct 9, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - The price of 1kg milk powder packet has been increased by Rs.250 and a 400g packet ... Read More

Thirty-Eight COVID-19 deaths confirmed for Thursday(7)

Thirty-Eight COVID-19 deaths confirmed for Thursday(7)

Oct 8, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Another 38 COVID-19 related fatalities have been confirmed in Sri Lanka, raising the coronavirus death toll ... Read More

Rishad’s brother-in-law’s incident a political conspiracy [VIDEO]

Rishad’s brother-in-law’s incident a political conspiracy [VIDEO]

Oct 8, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - The incident pertaining to Parliamentarian Rishad Bathiudeen’s brother-in-law is a political conspiracy, the Opposition raised concerns ... Read More

Petroleum Resources Bill certified

Petroleum Resources Bill certified

Oct 8, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Speaker of Parliament Mahinda Yapa Abeywardana today endorsed the certificate on the Petroleum Resources Bill. (more…) Read More

Interprovincial travel restrictions extended till 21st

Interprovincial travel restrictions extended till 21st

Oct 8, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Interprovincial travel restrictions that is currently in place has been extended till the 21st of October. ... Read More

All schools to reopen by November

All schools to reopen by November

Oct 8, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - State Minister of Education Reforms Susil Premajayantha stated that steps will be taken to start all ... Read More

First dose of COVID vaccine for persons aged 18 – 19

First dose of COVID vaccine for persons aged 18 – 19

Oct 8, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - The Vaccine Technical Committee has decided to administer the first dose of the Pfizer COVID vaccine ... Read More

Health Unions on Strike

Health Unions on Strike

Oct 8, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - The Health Trade Union Alliance has withdrawn from services in a 5 1/2-hour strike action that ... Read More