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Eating spinach, beetroot could help prevent vision loss

Eating spinach, beetroot could help prevent vision loss

Oct 22, 2018

(FASTNEWS|COLOMBO) - Eating vegetable nitrates, found mainly in green leafy vegetables and beetroot, could prevent macular degeneration, a common cause ... Read More

India concerned about pace of development works

India concerned about pace of development works

Oct 22, 2018

(FASTNEWS|COLOMBO) - Prime Minister Narendra Modi and visiting Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe on Saturday (20) discussed the progress ... Read More

“Man has no future without the blessings from nature” – President

“Man has no future without the blessings from nature” – President

Oct 20, 2018

(FASTNEWS|COLOMBO) - President Maithripala Sirisena said that mankind has no future without the blessings of the nature. He said this ... Read More

VIP Assassination Plot: DIG Nalaka de Silva appears before CID [UPDATE]

VIP Assassination Plot: DIG Nalaka de Silva appears before CID [UPDATE]

Oct 19, 2018

(FASTNEWS|COLOMBO) - UPDATE: Former Head of the Terrorism Investigations Department (TID), Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG) Nalaka de Silva ... Read More

UNP appoints its first CEO to take charge of administrative affairs

UNP appoints its first CEO to take charge of administrative affairs

Oct 19, 2018

(FASTNEWS|COLOMBO) - The United National Party on Thursday (18) appointed the former Opposition Leader of North-Western Province Prasanna Shamal Senarath ... Read More

“No comments made by President on RAW,” Government clarifies [UPDATE]

“No comments made by President on RAW,” Government clarifies [UPDATE]

Oct 17, 2018

(FASTNEWS|COLOMBO) - UPDATE: The Government on Wednesday (17) emphasised that there were no comments made by President Maithripala Sirisena with ... Read More

Khuram Shaikh Murder: Appeal by convicts to be heard next year

Khuram Shaikh Murder: Appeal by convicts to be heard next year

Oct 16, 2018

(FASTNEWS|COLOMBO) - An appeal filed by the convicts in the murder of British national Khuram Shaikh and rape of his ... Read More

Apple iPhone to soon decode binge eating disorder

Apple iPhone to soon decode binge eating disorder

Oct 15, 2018

(FASTNEWS|COLOMBO) - A team of Researchers in the United Sates (US) is set to use Apple iPhone and Watch to ... Read More

India assists in developing 50 additional model villages across Sri Lanka

India assists in developing 50 additional model villages across Sri Lanka

Oct 15, 2018

(FASTNEWS|COLOMBO) - India and Sri Lanka signed two Memoranda of Understanding (MOU) recently for the construction of 1,200 houses through ... Read More

Supreme Court Judge Nalin Perera sworn in as new Chief Justice

Supreme Court Judge Nalin Perera sworn in as new Chief Justice

Oct 13, 2018

(FASTNEWS|COLOMBO) - Senior Supreme Court Justice Nalin Perera took oaths as the new Chief Justice before President Maithripala Sirisena at ... Read More

Diet, weight may affect response to bipolar disorder treatment

Diet, weight may affect response to bipolar disorder treatment

Oct 8, 2018

(FASTNEWS|COLOMBO) - A new clinical trial has shown that how people respond to treatment for Bipolar Disorder may be influenced ... Read More

Vijayakala released on surety bail [UPDATE]

Vijayakala released on surety bail [UPDATE]

Oct 8, 2018

(FASTNEWS|COLOMBO) - Former State Minister, Jaffna District Parliamentarian Vijayakala Maheswaran who was arrested by the Organised Crimes Prevention Division (OCPD) ... Read More

RDA warns Southern Expressway motorists

RDA warns Southern Expressway motorists

Oct 6, 2018

(FASTNEWS|COLOMBO) - Motorists should be cautious when using the Southern Expressway due to prevailing adverse weather conditions, the Road Development ... Read More

UPFA Special Committee to look into Provincial Council Elections

UPFA Special Committee to look into Provincial Council Elections

Oct 5, 2018

(FASTNEWS|COLOMBO) - The Executive Council of United People's Freedom Alliance (UPFA) has decided to appoint a Special Committee to look ... Read More

CID to probe 1998 gang rape of South Korean student

CID to probe 1998 gang rape of South Korean student

Oct 2, 2018

(FASTNEWS|COLOMBO) - The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) has commenced investigations into a gang rape incident that had taken place twenty-years ... Read More