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List of activities permitted during lockdown published

List of activities permitted during lockdown published

Aug 21, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - A list of activities permitted during the lockdown has been published by the Ministry of Health. ... Read More

43% have received either one or both vaccines – Army Commander

43% have received either one or both vaccines – Army Commander

Aug 20, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - At least 43 per cent of the population has received either single vaccine or both doses ... Read More

People may leave for their jobs without restriction

People may leave for their jobs without restriction

Aug 19, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - According to the new health guidelines, only one person is permitted from a single household to ... Read More

Police Scotland reviews Sri Lankan Police training

Police Scotland reviews Sri Lankan Police training

Aug 18, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - The Scottish government should provide details of a review of Police Scotland training for Sri Lankan ... Read More

Premier instructs to provide relief to fisherfolk

Premier instructs to provide relief to fisherfolk

Aug 17, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa has instructed the State Minister of Rural Housing and Construction Indika Anuruddha ... Read More

Island-wide night time curfew imposed

Island-wide night time curfew imposed

Aug 16, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Islandwide quarantine curfew will be imposed from 10.00 pm to 4.00 am everyday from today(August 16) until ... Read More

Permits required to travel on expressways

Permits required to travel on expressways

Aug 16, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) -  As inter-provincial travel restrictions are strictly enforced, it is reported that all access roads to the ... Read More

DGHS health guidelines to be gazetted making it law

DGHS health guidelines to be gazetted making it law

Aug 14, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) -  Minister of Health Pavithra Wanniarachchi says an Extraordinary Gazette Notification will be issued on Monday making ... Read More

Special attention to those over 60 years of age and suffering from chronic diseases

Special attention to those over 60 years of age and suffering from chronic diseases

Aug 13, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - President instructs health officials to pay special attention to those over 60 years of age and ... Read More

Online sex trafficking case : Four websites banned

Online sex trafficking case : Four websites banned

Aug 12, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) -  Police Media Spokesman Senior DIG Ajith Rohana states that further police investigations are underway into the ... Read More

Maximum price set for PCRs & RATs

Maximum price set for PCRs & RATs

Aug 11, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - A Gazette Notification is set to be issued tomorrow (12) setting the maximum price for PCR ... Read More

Basil Rajapaksa & SLPP backbenchers to meet for talks

Basil Rajapaksa & SLPP backbenchers to meet for talks

Aug 11, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - A special discussion between Minister of Finance Basil Rajapaksa and backbenchers of the Sri Lanka Podujana ... Read More

Home care system for covid patients from today

Home care system for covid patients from today

Aug 9, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Patients with coronavirus infection, but have no symptoms and are not critical will be treated at ... Read More

COVID Task Force to convene today

COVID Task Force to convene today

Aug 6, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - The Presidential Task Force to control COVID-19 is scheduled to convene today (06). (more…) Read More

Prison inmates to be vaccinated against COVID from today

Prison inmates to be vaccinated against COVID from today

Aug 5, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - The Department of Prisons says arrangements have been made to administer vaccines against COVID-19 to prison ... Read More