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No power cuts despite claims of fuel shortage

No power cuts despite claims of fuel shortage

Nov 29, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Sri Lanka’s Energy Minister Udaya Gammanpila on Monday (29) assured there will be no power cuts ... Read More

Trade unions to protest today over several demands

Trade unions to protest today over several demands

Nov 29, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - A protest campaign will be launched at noon today across the country by a number of ... Read More

Omicron COVID cases detected in Britain, Germany and Italy

Omicron COVID cases detected in Britain, Germany and Italy

Nov 28, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Britain, Germany and Italy detected cases of the new Omicron coronavirus variant yesterday, even as British ... Read More

Sri Lanka bans travellers from number of African countries

Sri Lanka bans travellers from number of African countries

Nov 27, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Sri Lanka has banned travellers from a number of African countries because of the new Covid ... Read More

New heavily mutated variant B.1.1.529 in South Africa raises concern

New heavily mutated variant B.1.1.529 in South Africa raises concern

Nov 26, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - The latest is the most heavily mutated version discovered so far - and it has such ... Read More

New Kelani Bridge open to public from today

New Kelani Bridge open to public from today

Nov 25, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - The new Kelani Bridge “Golden Gate Kalyani” will be open to the general public with effect ... Read More

‘Private sector can import chemical fertiliser’

‘Private sector can import chemical fertiliser’

Nov 24, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Minister of Agriculture Mahindananda Aluthgamage says approval will be granted for the private sector to import ... Read More

Six dead in Kinniya due to boat capsized [UPDATE]

Six dead in Kinniya due to boat capsized [UPDATE]

Nov 23, 2021

(FASTNEWS | TRINCOMALEE) - Two adults and four children have died after a raft transporting them had capsized in Kinniya, Trincomalee ... Read More

ACMC decides to vote against the Budget 2022

ACMC decides to vote against the Budget 2022

Nov 22, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - The All Ceylon Makkal Congress (ACMC) headed by MP Rishad Bathiudeen, has unanimously decided to vote ... Read More

Academic activities of all school grades resume from tomorrow

Academic activities of all school grades resume from tomorrow

Nov 21, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - School grades from grade 6 to grade 9 are scheduled to recommence tomorrow (22). (more…) Read More

Explosion reported in Colombo

Explosion reported in Colombo

Nov 20, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - An explosion reported at a restaurant in the Racecourse building in Colombo this morning. (more…) Read More

Gotabhaya Rajapaksa completes 2 years as President of Sri Lanka

Gotabhaya Rajapaksa completes 2 years as President of Sri Lanka

Nov 18, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Today marks the second year of President Gotabhaya Rajapaksa's appointmne as President. (more…) Read More

Booster shots to be administered to people over-60s today

Booster shots to be administered to people over-60s today

Nov 17, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Sri Lanka will commence rolling out the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine as the booster dose to people aged ... Read More

Booster shots to be administered to people over 60 years

Booster shots to be administered to people over 60 years

Nov 16, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Booster shots will be administered to people over 60 years of age from tomorrow in the ... Read More

Sapugaskanda Refinery to close for 50 days

Sapugaskanda Refinery to close for 50 days

Nov 15, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Sri Lankan authorities have decided to temporarily shut down the Sapugaskanda oil refinery for a period of ... Read More