Two Buses Collided In Matale

Two Buses Collided In Matale

Jul 31, 2018

Two buses collided in Madawala on the Kandy - Jaffna main road this morning (31). The private bus was plying ... Read More

Sri Lanka’s Packed Test Schedule: Three Continents in Four Months

Sri Lanka’s Packed Test Schedule: Three Continents in Four Months

Jul 31, 2018

Sri Lanka's Test cricketers will be out of the country for almost three months between December and late February, with ... Read More

Fulham sign Serbia striker from Newcastle

Fulham sign Serbia striker from Newcastle

Jul 31, 2018

(FASTNEWS|COLOMBO) - Fulham have signed Serbia striker Aleksandar Mitrovic for a reported £22m from fellow Premier League side Newcastle United. ... Read More

Mars Makes Its Closest Approach To Earth Today

Mars Makes Its Closest Approach To Earth Today

Jul 31, 2018

(FASTNEWS|COLOMBO) Mars will be closest to the Earth in a decade and a half on the night of July 31, ... Read More

Dhammaloka Thero’s Travel Ban Removed Till Sep 10

Dhammaloka Thero’s Travel Ban Removed Till Sep 10

Jul 31, 2018

(Fastnews|Colombo) The Colombo High Court has lifted the overseas travel ban imposed on Ven. Dhammaloka Thero of Alan Mathiniyaramaya Temple ... Read More

North Korea working on new missiles, US officials say

North Korea working on new missiles, US officials say

Jul 31, 2018

(FASTNEWS|COLOMBO) - North Korea appears to be building new ballistic missiles despite recent warming ties with the Trump administration, media ... Read More

Navy assists to apprehend 54 persons engaged in illegal acts

Navy assists to apprehend 54 persons engaged in illegal acts

Jul 31, 2018

(FASTNEWS|COLOMBO) - Sri Lanka Navy apprehended fifty four persons who were engaging in various illegal acts at different locations in ... Read More

Cabinet to discuss railway employees demands

Cabinet to discuss railway employees demands

Jul 31, 2018

(FASTNEWS|COLOMBO) - The Cabinet of Ministers will today (31) discuss the demands submitted by Railway Trade Unions during its weekly ... Read More

School vacations to commence from Aug. 03

School vacations to commence from Aug. 03

Jul 31, 2018

(FASTNEWS|COLOMBO) - The Ministry of Education announced that all Government and Sinhala and Tamil schools will be closed for vacation ... Read More

Commonwealth Secretary-General to visit Sri Lanka this week

Commonwealth Secretary-General to visit Sri Lanka this week

Jul 31, 2018

(FASTNEWS|COLOMBO) - Commonwealth Secretary-General Patricia Scotland QC will arrive in Sri Lanka on Wednesday, 01 August for a four-day official ... Read More

Canadian family with Sri Lankan links escape jeep fire

Canadian family with Sri Lankan links escape jeep fire

Jul 31, 2018

(FASTNEWS|COLOMBO) - A Canadian family with Sri Lankan links escaped a fire in their jeep and are now seeking answers. ... Read More

New Zealand investigates major Sri Lankan student visa scam

New Zealand investigates major Sri Lankan student visa scam

Jul 31, 2018

(FASTNEWS|COLOMBO) - Immigration officials in New Zealand are investigating a major scam involving student visa applications from Sri Lanka, Radio ... Read More

Two Persons Nabbed with Locally Manufactured Firearms

Two Persons Nabbed with Locally Manufactured Firearms

Jul 31, 2018

(FASTNEWS|COLOMBO) Sewanagala Police and Lahugala Special Task Force were arrested two persons with 2 locally manufactured firearms. Reports revealed Sewanagala ... Read More

President calls for accelerating North, East development

President calls for accelerating North, East development

Jul 31, 2018

(Fastnews|COLOMBO) President Maithripala Sirisena while hailing the success of the government’s programme to promote reconciliation and co-existence yesterday stressed the ... Read More

Conducting A/L Tuition Classes Banned From Today Midnight

Conducting A/L Tuition Classes Banned From Today Midnight

Jul 31, 2018

(FASTNEWS|COLOMBO) Conducting tuition classes targeting the G.C.E. Advanced Level Examination 2018 will be prohibited with effect from midnight today (31),Department ... Read More