Category: LOCAL
Ninety-nine-year land lease for development of investment projects
(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
(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
(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
(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
(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
(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
(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
(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)
(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]
(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
(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
(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
(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
(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - The Vaccine Technical Committee has decided to administer the first dose of the Pfizer COVID vaccine ... Read More
Health Unions on Strike
(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - The Health Trade Union Alliance has withdrawn from services in a 5 1/2-hour strike action that ... Read More