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Pujith Jayasundara granted bail

Pujith Jayasundara granted bail

Feb 5, 2020

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Inspector General of Police Pujith Jayasundara has been granted bail by the Colombo High Court. (more…) Read More

Iran wants to expand ties with Sri Lanka on all fronts

Iran wants to expand ties with Sri Lanka on all fronts

Feb 5, 2020

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Iran wants to expand ties with Sri Lanka on all fronts in order to serve the ... Read More

Supremacy of law must be upheld at all times – President

Supremacy of law must be upheld at all times – President

Feb 4, 2020

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - President Gotabaya Rajapaksa stated that his Government has ended the culture of political interference in judicial ... Read More

CID ordered to obtain warrant and arrest former SriLankan CEO and wife

CID ordered to obtain warrant and arrest former SriLankan CEO and wife

Feb 3, 2020

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - The Attorney General (AG) today (03) directed the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) to obtain a warrant ... Read More

Committee appointed to report on all persons entering Sri Lanka

Committee appointed to report on all persons entering Sri Lanka

Feb 2, 2020

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - A three-member Committee has been appointed to investigate and report on all persons who enter Sri ... Read More

Independence Day rehearsals commences today

Independence Day rehearsals commences today

Jan 31, 2020

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Rehearsals for the commemoration of the country’s 72nd Independence Day commenced at the Colombo Independence Square ... Read More

Coronavirus death toll rises to 170; confirmed cases 7,711

Coronavirus death toll rises to 170; confirmed cases 7,711

Jan 30, 2020

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - The nationwide death toll from China''s novel coronavirus epidemic has jumped to 170 with 38 more ... Read More

UK updates travel advice on Sri Lanka over Coronavirus

UK updates travel advice on Sri Lanka over Coronavirus

Jan 29, 2020

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) of the United Kingdom (UK) has updated its travel advice ... Read More

Chinese woman in Sri Lanka tests positive for Coronavirus

Chinese woman in Sri Lanka tests positive for Coronavirus

Jan 28, 2020

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - A Chinese woman in Sri Lanka has tested positive for the Coronavirus. (more…) Read More

Two women at IDH cleared of Coronavirus

Two women at IDH cleared of Coronavirus

Jan 26, 2020

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Initial medical tests conducted by the Medical Research Institute (MRI) has revealed that the 2 individuals ... Read More

Nanda Mallawaarachchi to head Multi-Purpose Development Task Force

Nanda Mallawaarachchi to head Multi-Purpose Development Task Force

Jan 25, 2020

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Major General (Retired) Nanda Mallawaarachchi has been appointed as the Director General (DG) of the Multi-Purpose ... Read More

India bust international gang moving ganja from Andhra Pradesh to Sri Lanka

India bust international gang moving ganja from Andhra Pradesh to Sri Lanka

Jan 24, 2020

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Mahabubnagar police yesterday busted an international ganja peddling racket and arrested four persons who were transporting ... Read More

Parliament informed Ranjan has not tabled controversial recordings

Parliament informed Ranjan has not tabled controversial recordings

Jan 23, 2020

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Parliament was informed today (23) that Parliamentarian Ranjan Ramanayake has not tabled the controversial telephone recordings. ... Read More

Ranjan’s recordings handed to Parliament

Ranjan’s recordings handed to Parliament

Jan 23, 2020

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Five CDs that contain phone call recordings belonging to Parliamentarian Ranjan Ramanayake have been handed over ... Read More

Parliament to debate bond scam forensic report

Parliament to debate bond scam forensic report

Jan 22, 2020

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Speaker Karu Jayasuriya announced that a parliamentary debate will be held into the controversial Central Bank ... Read More