Another 842,400 Pfizer vaccine doses arrive in Sri Lanka

Another 842,400 Pfizer vaccine doses arrive in Sri Lanka

Dec 20, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Another 842,400 Pfizer vaccine doses to be administered as the booster dose have arrived at the ... Read More

Grade 1 academic activities to commence from April

Grade 1 academic activities to commence from April

Dec 20, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Minister of Education Dinesh Gunawardena says academic activities of Grade 1 students for the year 2022 ... Read More

Gas companies issued directions regarding domestic gas supply

Gas companies issued directions regarding domestic gas supply

Dec 20, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - State Ministry of Consumer Protection has directed the Consumer Affairs Authority to advise the Gas companies ... Read More

Shakun Batra’s Gehraiyaan OTT release on 25 January

Shakun Batra’s Gehraiyaan OTT release on 25 January

Dec 20, 2021

(FASTNEWS | INDIA) - Deepika Padukone, Ananya Panday & Siddhant Chaturvedi announce Gehraiyaan; OTT release on 25 January (more…) Read More

COVID vaccination cards to be made mandatory when entering public places

COVID vaccination cards to be made mandatory when entering public places

Dec 20, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Tourism Minister Prasanna Ranatunga says that the government has decided to make COVID vaccination cards mandatory ... Read More

Aussies name unchanged Test squad for MCG

Aussies name unchanged Test squad for MCG

Dec 20, 2021

(FASTNEWS | AUSTRALIA) - Aussies name unchanged squad for rest of Ashes (more…) Read More

Death toll in the Philippines crosses 200

Death toll in the Philippines crosses 200

Dec 20, 2021

(FASTNEWS | PHILIPPINES) - More than 200 dead in typhoon-hit in Philippines (more…) Read More

1,831 warned in WP over failure to wear face masks properly

1,831 warned in WP over failure to wear face masks properly

Dec 20, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - 1,831 warned in WP over failure to wear face masks properly (more…) Read More

Khlong Suan market, a place that preserves glimpse of past

Khlong Suan market, a place that preserves glimpse of past

Dec 20, 2021

(FASTNEWS | THAILAND) - The Khlong Suan Market, in Bang Bo District, Samut Prakan Province, goes back to King Rama ... Read More

The 24-hour token strike launched

The 24-hour token strike launched

Dec 20, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Patients have been severely inconvenienced due to the 24-hour token strike launched by the Government Medical ... Read More

Partial disruption in vaccination process due to reliance on Chinese vaccines

Partial disruption in vaccination process due to reliance on Chinese vaccines

Dec 19, 2021

(FASTNEWS | BANGLADESH) - Bangladesh has faced several challenges in fighting the pandemic, the key one is securing vaccines for ... Read More

Price increase in vehicle market due to import restrictions

Price increase in vehicle market due to import restrictions

Dec 19, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Vehicle prices in Sri Lanka increased to more than twice compared to other countries in the ... Read More

Vegetable prices likely to increase further

Vegetable prices likely to increase further

Dec 18, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Traders say local vegetable prices are expected to increase further in the upcoming days. (more…) Read More

No plans to lockdown the country during festive period

No plans to lockdown the country during festive period

Dec 18, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Minister of Health Keheliya Rambukwella says there is no necessity to lock down the country during ... Read More

Fitch downgrades Sri Lanka’s Long-Term Foreign-Currency IDR to ‘CC’

Fitch downgrades Sri Lanka’s Long-Term Foreign-Currency IDR to ‘CC’

Dec 18, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Fitch Ratings has downgraded Sri Lanka’s Long-Term Foreign-Currency Issuer Default Rating to ‘CC’, from ‘CCC’. (more…) Read More