Category: TOP STORY 2

Party Leaders to meet today

Party Leaders to meet today

Oct 27, 2022

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - The Committee on Parliamentary Business will convene today (27) under the leadership of Speaker Mahinda Yapa ... Read More

Senior US Treasury official calls on Sri Lankan President

Senior US Treasury official calls on Sri Lankan President

Oct 26, 2022

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Visiting United States Deputy Assistant Secretary of Treasury for Asia Robert Kaproth has called on President ... Read More

Three-wheeler fares go down

Three-wheeler fares go down

Oct 25, 2022

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Operators have decided to reduce three-wheeler fares following yesterday’s decision by the government to increase the ... Read More

Landslide warnings issued to five districts still in effect

Landslide warnings issued to five districts still in effect

Oct 24, 2022

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Landslide warnings issued to residents of five districts by the National Building Research Organisation are in ... Read More

Top US diplomat Donald Lu assures support for Sri Lanka

Top US diplomat Donald Lu assures support for Sri Lanka

Oct 20, 2022

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Donald Lu who is currently on ... Read More

Draft ‘Rehabilitation’ Law Would Spur Abuse – HRW

Draft ‘Rehabilitation’ Law Would Spur Abuse – HRW

Oct 17, 2022

(FASTNEWS |  NEW YORK) - The Sri Lankan government should withdraw a draft law that would give the authorities broad powers ... Read More

Warakapola Earth Slip: Body of a 24-year-old recovered

Warakapola Earth Slip: Body of a 24-year-old recovered

Oct 15, 2022

(FASTNEWS | WARAKAPOLA) - The body of a 24-year-old youth has been recovered from underneath the rubble following the earth ... Read More

Court proceedings against Maithripala Sirisena to be suspended for 10 weeks

Court proceedings against Maithripala Sirisena to be suspended for 10 weeks

Oct 14, 2022

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - The Court of Appeal today directed the Colombo Fort Magistrate’s Court to postpone the hearing of ... Read More

Report on tests conducted on fuel samples expected today

Report on tests conducted on fuel samples expected today

Oct 12, 2022

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - The report on the tests conducted on fuel samples obtained from filling stations across the country ... 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

Aeroflot to resume flights between Russia & Sri Lanka

Aeroflot to resume flights between Russia & Sri Lanka

Oct 9, 2022

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - The Russian flag carrier, Aeroflot, will resume flights between Moscow and Colombo from today. (more…) Read More

All banks & CSE closed on Monday

All banks & CSE closed on Monday

Oct 8, 2022

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - All banks and the Colombo Stock Exchange will be closed on Monday, the 10th of October. (more…) Read More

Parliament debate on 22A postponed to Oct 18

Parliament debate on 22A postponed to Oct 18

Oct 6, 2022

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - The discussion of the draught bill for the 22nd Amendment to the Constitution has been postponed ... Read More

Vote on new resolution on Sri Lanka at UNHRC today

Vote on new resolution on Sri Lanka at UNHRC today

Oct 6, 2022

(FASTNEWS | GENEVA) - The new resolution on Sri Lanka presented to the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in Geneva ... Read More

New Litro Gas prices announced

New Litro Gas prices announced

Oct 5, 2022

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Litro Gas Lanka has announced a reduction in the prices of its domestic gas cylinders. (more…) Read More