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Human Rights Commission directs TID to submit report on Ahnaf Jazeem

Human Rights Commission directs TID to submit report on Ahnaf Jazeem

Apr 2, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - The Human Rights Commission Sri Lanka (HRCSL) has called on the Terrorism Investigation Division (TID) to ... Read More

Rishad seeks Presidential intervention to prevent Officials from misusing job opportunities

Rishad seeks Presidential intervention to prevent Officials from misusing job opportunities

Mar 31, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Leader of the All Ceylon Makkal Congress (ACMC), Parliamentarian Rishad Bathiudeen has urged President Gotabaya Rajapaksa ... Read More

Sri Lanka receives first batch of Sinopharm Vaccines

Sri Lanka receives first batch of Sinopharm Vaccines

Mar 31, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - A stock of 600,000 Sinopharm COVID-vaccines arrived in Colombo today (31) via the SriLankan Airlines. (more…) Read More

Sri Lanka to receive first batch of Sinopharm Vaccines today

Sri Lanka to receive first batch of Sinopharm Vaccines today

Mar 31, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - A stock of 600,000 Sinopharm COVID-vaccines will arrive in Colombo today (31) via the SriLankan Airlines. ... Read More

Two bowsers seized with coconut oil believed to contain carcinogen

Two bowsers seized with coconut oil believed to contain carcinogen

Mar 30, 2021

(FASTNEWS | PUTTALAM) - Two bowsers seized with 27,500 litre of coconut oil believed to contain carcinogen chemical while concealed ... Read More

Muslim Council raises concerns about the arrest of Azath Salley

Muslim Council raises concerns about the arrest of Azath Salley

Mar 28, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - The Muslim Council of Sri Lanka (MCSL) called upon the Sri Lankan Authorities to conduct an ... Read More

Forty out of 54 Indian fishermen released

Forty out of 54 Indian fishermen released

Mar 27, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - The Government has decided to release 40 of the 54 Indian fishermen who were apprehended recently ... Read More

Fishermen issues need to be dealt with in humanitarian manner – India HC

Fishermen issues need to be dealt with in humanitarian manner – India HC

Mar 26, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - The High Commission (HC) of India in Colombo yesterday (25) reiterated that issues associated with Indian ... Read More

No issue from India’s hold on COVID-vaccine export – Govt.

No issue from India’s hold on COVID-vaccine export – Govt.

Mar 25, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - India's temporary hold on export of Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-vaccine will not cause issues for 2nd doses in ... Read More

Cabinet approval to purchase Sputnik V COVID-vaccines

Cabinet approval to purchase Sputnik V COVID-vaccines

Mar 24, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - The Cabinet of Ministers has approved USD 69.65 million to purchase 7 million doses of Russia's ... Read More

Resolution on Sri Lanka adopted by UNHRC

Resolution on Sri Lanka adopted by UNHRC

Mar 23, 2021

(FASTNEWS | GENEVA) - A Resolution on Sri Lanka was adopted by the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) by ... Read More

Forty Lankans returned from abroad test COVID-positive

Forty Lankans returned from abroad test COVID-positive

Mar 23, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Forty Sri Lankans who returned from abroad have tested positive for COVID-19. (more…) Read More

Travellers from Sri Lanka permitted to enter into Pakistan without PCR Tests

Travellers from Sri Lanka permitted to enter into Pakistan without PCR Tests

Mar 21, 2021

(FASTNEWS | RAWALPINDI) - The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) of Pakistan stated that the travellers from Sri Lanka do not ... Read More

Fourteen killed, 32 injured in bus accident in Passara

Fourteen killed, 32 injured in bus accident in Passara

Mar 20, 2021

(FASTNEWS | BADULLA) - Fourteen persons died while 32 others injured when a bus fell into a precipice in Passara ... Read More

South African Muslim bodies call for Govt. intervention over Sri Lankan burqa ban

South African Muslim bodies call for Govt. intervention over Sri Lankan burqa ban

Mar 19, 2021

(FASTNEWS | JOHANNESBURG) - South African Muslim Organisations have called on the country’s Foreign Minister to intervene in the proposed ... Read More