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Army vested with powers to administer Pfizer jab

Army vested with powers to administer Pfizer jab

Aug 29, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - The Sri Lanka Army has been vested with the authority to administer the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine under ... Read More

Over 100,000 Pfizer doses donated via COVAX program

Over 100,000 Pfizer doses donated via COVAX program

Aug 28, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - The United States donated over 100,000 doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine to Sri Lanka on ... Read More

Programme to reduce sugar prices to be implemented

Programme to reduce sugar prices to be implemented

Aug 28, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - State Minister of Cooperative Services, Marketing Development and Consumer Protection, Lasantha Alagiyawanna stated that a programme ... Read More

Quarantine curfew extended by a week

Quarantine curfew extended by a week

Aug 27, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - At the COVID Task Force meeting which was held under the patronage of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, ... Read More

Lockdown is meaningless – GMOF

Lockdown is meaningless – GMOF

Aug 26, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Saying that the government has imposed a meaningless lockdown, the Government Medical Officers Forum (GMOF) yesterday ... Read More

The loss of Mangala is a loss to democracy – ACMC

The loss of Mangala is a loss to democracy – ACMC

Aug 24, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - The loss of Mangala Samaraweera is a loss to democracy, the All Ceylon Makkal Congress (ACMC) ... Read More

Former Minister Mangala Samaraweera has passed away

Former Minister Mangala Samaraweera has passed away

Aug 24, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) -  Former Minister Mangala Samaraweera has passed away at the age of 65 while receiving treatment for ... Read More

SL receives another million doses of China’s Sinopharm vaccine

SL receives another million doses of China’s Sinopharm vaccine

Aug 24, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) -  Another consignment of one million Sinopharm vaccine doses arrives in the country from China. (more…) Read More

Adani set to commence work on Colombo Port

Adani set to commence work on Colombo Port

Aug 23, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - India’s Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Ltd (APSEZ) is set to begin construction at a ... Read More

Muslims stand with Catholics in call for justice for Easter attacks – ACMC

Muslims stand with Catholics in call for justice for Easter attacks – ACMC

Aug 21, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Muslim community stands in solidarity with the Catholic community, and stands with them in their call ... Read More

Quarantine Curfew in effect from 10 PM on Friday

Quarantine Curfew in effect from 10 PM on Friday

Aug 20, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - The Quarantine Curfew will come into effect from 10 PM on Friday (20) to 04 AM ... Read More

President to address the nation

President to address the nation

Aug 20, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - President Gotabaya Rajapaksa is scheduled to address the nation and make a special statement, the President's ... Read More

Mahanayaka Theros of Malwathu & Asgiri Chapters urge President to lock down the country

Mahanayaka Theros of Malwathu & Asgiri Chapters urge President to lock down the country

Aug 19, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) -  Chief Prelates of the Malwathu and Asgiri chapters have requested the President and Prime Minister to ... Read More

All shops in A’pura, Kilinochchi to be closed from tomorrow

All shops in A’pura, Kilinochchi to be closed from tomorrow

Aug 19, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - All shops in the Anuradhapura and Kilinochchi Districts will be closed from tomorrow (20) to the ... Read More

Sri Lanka probing implications of new identified delta mutations and what lies ahead

Sri Lanka probing implications of new identified delta mutations and what lies ahead

Aug 18, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Sri Lanka’s health experts have launched a probe to identify the implications of the three new ... Read More