Lankan asylum bid halted
(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) – Australian Border Force officials are facing a surge of people-smuggling activity from Sri Lanka, with another…
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Five houses in Kerala raided over links with Lankan Easter bombers
(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) – India’s National Investigation Agency (NIA) sleuths raided the houses and took a duo into custody for…
Sri Lanka’s second modern training centre launched
(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) – Sri Lanka’s state run job skilling apparatus, the Technical, Vocational Education Training (TVET) sector, is now…
S. B. Dissanayake and Dilan Perera join SLPP
(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) – The United People’s Freedom Alliance (UPFA) Parliamentarians Dilan Perera and S. B. Dissanayake have obtained the…
President orders Bonds scam probe expedited
(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) – President Maithripala Sirisena yesterday (28) gave instructions to the relevant Authorities to expedite the investigations regarding…
“Gotabaya’s pledge on Easter attacks commission, a mere pledge” – Cardinal
(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) – Colombo Archbishop Malcolm Cardinal Ranjith yesterday said that presidential candidate Gotabaya Rajapaksa does not hold any…
“Will support candidate who is good for country” – Min. Rishad Bathiudeen
(FASTNEWS|COLOMBO) – The All Ceylon Muslim Congress (ACMC) will decide who to support after nominations have been submitted for the…
Speaker denies resignation threat
(FASTNEWS|COLOMBO) – Speaker Karu Jayasuriya has denied recent speculation in the news media that he threatened to resign his office…
President summoned by PSC
(FASTNEWS|COLOMBO) – President Maithripala Sirisena has been requested to appear before the Parliamentary Select Committee (PSC) investigating the Easter Sunday…
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Sajith declares Presidential goal [VIDEO]
(FASTNEWS|COLOMBO) – Presidential-aspirant, Deputy Leader of the United National Party (UNP), Minister Sajith Premadasa declared yesterday (23) that he would…
Two State Ministers sworn-in
(FASTNEWS|COLOMBO) – Sri Lanka Muslim Congress (SLMC) Parliamentarians Faizal Cassim and Seyed Ali Zahir Moulana, have sworn-in as State Ministers…
Term of CDS Wijegunaratne, extended
(FASTNEWS|COLOMBO) – The term of Chief of Defence Staff Admiral Ravindra Wijegunaratne has been extended till December 31, 2019 by President…
GMOA island-wide strike commences
(FASTNEWS|COLOMBO) – The Government Medical Officers’ Association (GMOA) has decided to launch 24-hours of island-wide strike commencing from today (22)…
PSC term extended
(FASTNEWS|COLOMBO) – The term of the Parliamentary Select Committee (PSC) appointed to investigate Easter Sunday attacks has been extended till…
Army Chief appointment, a ‘Sovereign decision’
(FASTNEWS|COLOMBO) – The Foreign Affairs Ministry yesterday stressed that the appointment of Lt. Gen Shavendra Silva as Commander of the…