BIMSTEC Summit in Sri Lanka on March 30

BIMSTEC Summit in Sri Lanka on March 30

Jan 6, 2022

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - The Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation, (BIMSTEC), is likely to hold ... Read More

Circular issued to remove salary anomalies of teachers & principals

Circular issued to remove salary anomalies of teachers & principals

Jan 6, 2022

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - The circular pertaining to removing teachers’ and principals’ salary anomalies has been issued. (more…) Read More

Schools back to normal from Monday

Schools back to normal from Monday

Jan 6, 2022

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Director General of Health Services Dr. Asela Gunawardena has given approval to the Education Ministry to ... Read More

Novak Djokovic denied entry to Australia

Novak Djokovic denied entry to Australia

Jan 6, 2022

(FASTNEWS | AUSTRALIA) - Tennis star Novak Djokovic has had his visa to enter Australia dramatically revoked on his arrival ... Read More

Water cut for Colombo & suburbs on Saturday

Water cut for Colombo & suburbs on Saturday

Jan 6, 2022

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - A 16-hour water cut will be experienced from 8 AM on Saturday (8) to midnight the ... Read More

Water pollution exacerbates suffering of Siem Reap villagers

Water pollution exacerbates suffering of Siem Reap villagers

Jan 6, 2022

(FASTNEWS | CAMBODIA) - At least 100 families in a flooded village in Peam Ta Uor, Siem Reap province, Cambodia, ... Read More

Efforts to preserve traditional “Hoon Lakorn Lek” performances in Thailand

Efforts to preserve traditional “Hoon Lakorn Lek” performances in Thailand

Jan 5, 2022

(FASTNEWS | THAILAND) - Hoon Lakorn Lek is one of traditional Thai play which once almost disappeared, however, due to ... Read More

Vaccination drive for children between 12 & 15 years to begin on Friday

Vaccination drive for children between 12 & 15 years to begin on Friday

Jan 5, 2022

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Sri Lanka will begin vaccinating children between the ages of 12 and 15 years from Friday. ... Read More

England battle hard on rain-affected opening day of Sydney Test

England battle hard on rain-affected opening day of Sydney Test

Jan 5, 2022

(FASTNEWS |  ENGLAND) - England's bowlers battled hard to leave the fourth Ashes Test evenly poised after a rain-affected opening ... Read More

President Macron warns he will ‘hassle’ France’s unvaccinated

President Macron warns he will ‘hassle’ France’s unvaccinated

Jan 5, 2022

(FASTNEWS |  FRANCE) - French President Emmanuel Macron has warned he intends to make life difficult for people in France ... Read More

President visits Temple of the Sacred Tooth Relic

President visits Temple of the Sacred Tooth Relic

Jan 5, 2022

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - President Gotabaya Rajapaksa on Wednesday (05) engaged in a visit to the Temple of the Sacred ... Read More

Bhanuka decides to retire from international cricket

Bhanuka decides to retire from international cricket

Jan 5, 2022

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Sri Lanka cricketer Bhanuka Rajapaksa has decided to retire from international cricket. (more…) Read More

Medical officials in the South on token strike

Medical officials in the South on token strike

Jan 5, 2022

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Individuals attached to the nursing service, supplementary service and interim medical service in the Southern Province ... Read More

Kazakhstan declares state of emergency in Almaty after fuel price protests

Kazakhstan declares state of emergency in Almaty after fuel price protests

Jan 5, 2022

(FASTNEWS |  Almaty, Kazakhstan) - Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has declared a two-week state of emergency in the Central Asian ... Read More

Cabraal dismisses rumours that Forex accounts are being converted

Cabraal dismisses rumours that Forex accounts are being converted

Jan 5, 2022

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - The Governor of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka Ajith Nivard Cabraal has dismissed rumours that ... Read More