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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

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

Nano Nitrogen liquid fertilizer to be imported

Nano Nitrogen liquid fertilizer to be imported

Oct 18, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Steps have been taken to import 3,100,000 litres of Nano Nitrogen liquid fertilizer. (more…) Read More

Teacher – Principal trade unions object to school opening

Teacher – Principal trade unions object to school opening

Oct 17, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - The 'Teachers and Principals' Trade Union Alliance states that all trade unions will rally against if ... Read More

Task Force appointed to promote Green Agriculture

Task Force appointed to promote Green Agriculture

Oct 16, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - A Presidential Task Force has been appointed by President Gotabaya Rajapaksa to promote Green Agriculture. (more…) Read More

‘Livelihoods of citizens affected due to economic recession’

‘Livelihoods of citizens affected due to economic recession’

Oct 15, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Leader of the Opposition Sajith Premadasa says the current economic recession in the country has severely ... Read More

Vaccination of A/Level students to commence today

Vaccination of A/Level students to commence today

Oct 15, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - The vaccination of students sitting the 2021 GCE Advanced Level Examination in all education zones in ... Read More

Central Bank maintains policy interest rates

Central Bank maintains policy interest rates

Oct 14, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - The Monetary Board of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka has decided to maintain the Standing ... Read More

Teachers’ & Principals’ strike continues

Teachers’ & Principals’ strike continues

Oct 13, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Following a discussion, the Teachers' and Principals' unions have decided to continue the strike that was ... Read More

India’s Army Chief arrives in Colombo

India’s Army Chief arrives in Colombo

Oct 12, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Indian army chief General Manoj Mukund Naravane will arrive in Colombo on Tuesday on a five-day ... Read More

Jeevan Thyagarajah sworn as Northern Province governor

Jeevan Thyagarajah sworn as Northern Province governor

Oct 11, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Jeevan Thiyagarajah has been appoint as the Governor of Northern Province by President Gotabaya Rajapksa - ... Read More

Price of cement increased by Rs 93

Price of cement increased by Rs 93

Oct 11, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Cement companies decides to increase the price of a 50kg cement bag by Rs 93 with ... 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

Thirukumaran Nadesan appears before Bribery Commission

Thirukumaran Nadesan appears before Bribery Commission

Oct 8, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Thirukumaran Nadesan, the husband of former Minister Nirupama Rajapaksa, has appeared before the Commission to Investigate ... Read More

Health unions to launch trade union action tomorrow

Health unions to launch trade union action tomorrow

Oct 7, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Health trade unions have decided to launch trade union action once again and withdraw from services ... Read More