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Chandrika Bandaranaike requests pardon for MP Ramanayake

Chandrika Bandaranaike requests pardon for MP Ramanayake

Sep 11, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) -  Former President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga has directed a letter to President Gotabaya Rajapaksa requesting Presidential Pardon ... Read More

President to attend 76th UN General Assembly

President to attend 76th UN General Assembly

Sep 10, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - President Gotabaya Rajapaksa is due to attend the 76th session of the United Nations General Assembly ... Read More

Economic centres & Manning market open for two days

Economic centres & Manning market open for two days

Sep 9, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - All economic centres and the Peliyagoda Manning Market will remain open today (09) and tomorrow (10). ... Read More

Relief expected for water bills

Relief expected for water bills

Sep 9, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Minister of Water Supply and Drainage Vasudeva Nanayakkara stated that services are expected to be provided ... Read More

Customs thwarts attempt to smuggle in oximeters using forged documents

Customs thwarts attempt to smuggle in oximeters using forged documents

Sep 8, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Sri Lanka Customs has successfully foiled an attempt to smuggle in a consignment of oximeters through ... Read More

Decrease in COVID patients who depend on oxygen

Decrease in COVID patients who depend on oxygen

Sep 7, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) -  Deputy Director-General of Health Services Dr. Hemantha Herath stated that there is a relative decrease in ... Read More

Veteran singer Sunil Perera passes away

Veteran singer Sunil Perera passes away

Sep 6, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Leader of the Gypsies Band and veteran singer Sunil Perera has passed away at the age ... Read More

‘Rs 5,000 allowance was for teachers to cover expenses while teaching online’- Edu.Minister

‘Rs 5,000 allowance was for teachers to cover expenses while teaching online’- Edu.Minister

Sep 4, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Education Minister Dinesh Gunawardena stated that the Cabinet took the decision to provide an allowance of ... Read More

Maximum retail price to be imposed on rice & sugar

Maximum retail price to be imposed on rice & sugar

Sep 2, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - The government has decided to impose control prices on a number of essential commodities to curb ... Read More

Navy seizes over 290kg of heroin

Navy seizes over 290kg of heroin

Aug 31, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) -  A special operation conducted by the Navy in the high seas in the afternoon of 30th ... Read More

Visa fees and fines revised

Visa fees and fines revised

Aug 29, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) -  The Department of Immigration and Emigration stated that visa fees and fines have been revised according ... Read More

Minister Bandula Gunawardena diagnosed with COVID-19

Minister Bandula Gunawardena diagnosed with COVID-19

Aug 28, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) -  Minister Bandula Gunawardena has tested positive for Covid-19. (more…) Read More

Indian Foreign Minister looks forward to working with Sri Lanka’s new counterpart

Indian Foreign Minister looks forward to working with Sri Lanka’s new counterpart

Aug 26, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar says he looks forward to working with Sri Lanka’s new Foreign ... Read More

Digital vaccination cards to be issued by September

Digital vaccination cards to be issued by September

Aug 25, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) -  A digital certificate certifying full vaccination will be issued after September 15, says Health Minister Keheliya ... Read More

Mobile vaccination fleet across multiple districts

Mobile vaccination fleet across multiple districts

Aug 25, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) -  Sri Lanka Army on Wednesday (25) announced that it will continue operating vaccination centers and mobile ... Read More