US reports first confirmed case of Omicron variant

US reports first confirmed case of Omicron variant

Dec 2, 2021

(FASTNEWS |  CALIFORNIA) - Public health officials in California have confirmed the first known case of the Omicron coronavirus variant ... Read More

SLFP Central Committee to convene today

SLFP Central Committee to convene today

Dec 2, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - A special Central Committee meeting of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party will be held at the ... Read More

Imported gas to be inspected in the ship itself

Imported gas to be inspected in the ship itself

Dec 2, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - State Minister of Consumer Protection, Lasantha Alagiyawanna stated that the relevant agencies will start inspecting the ... Read More

Thailand sets up National Agency to prevent cyber-attacks

Thailand sets up National Agency to prevent cyber-attacks

Dec 2, 2021

(FASTNEWS | THAILAND) - Under the special law 'Cyber Act 2019', Thailand has set up the very first organization to ... Read More

Another stock of Pfizer vaccines reach Sri Lanka

Another stock of Pfizer vaccines reach Sri Lanka

Dec 2, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Another consignment of 182,400 doses of the U.S. manufactured Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine arrived in Sri Lanka ... Read More

Priyanka Chopra plays the character of ‘Sati’ in ‘The Matrix Resurrections’

Priyanka Chopra plays the character of ‘Sati’ in ‘The Matrix Resurrections’

Dec 1, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) -  Priyanka Chopra plays the character of 'Sati' in 'The Matrix Resurrections', confirms Korean poster (more…) Read More

“Lost Daughter” Dominates Gotham Awards

“Lost Daughter” Dominates Gotham Awards

Dec 1, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) -  “Lost Daughter” Dominates Gotham Awards (more…) Read More

World Aids Day 2021

World Aids Day 2021

Dec 1, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - World Aids Day 2021: UN calls for ending inequalities to fight epidemic (more…) Read More

CEB Engineers to refrain from attending to power restoration activities

CEB Engineers to refrain from attending to power restoration activities

Dec 1, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - The Ceylon Electricity Board Engineers Union says its members will not attend to power restoration activities ... Read More

Risk of food shortage after fertilisers ban

Risk of food shortage after fertilisers ban

Dec 1, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Last April, the importation of chemical fertilisers and pesticides was banned in Sri Lanka. It has ... Read More

Saudi Arabia reports first Omicron case coming from north Africa

Saudi Arabia reports first Omicron case coming from north Africa

Dec 1, 2021

(FASTNEWS |  CAIRO) - Saudi Arabia confirmed its first case of the Omicron COVID-19 variant coming from a north African ... Read More

Niel de Alwis appointed Paddy Marketing Board Chair

Niel de Alwis appointed Paddy Marketing Board Chair

Dec 1, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Niel de Alwis appointed as the new chairman of the Paddy Marketing Board, stated the Agriculture ... Read More

WHO says unvaccinated vulnerable should avoid travel

WHO says unvaccinated vulnerable should avoid travel

Dec 1, 2021

(FASTNEWS | WHO) - The World Health Organization has said people who are unwell or vulnerable should delay travel if ... Read More

Internationally acclaimed fuel-saving product ‘Eco Tablets’ to boost vehicles in Sri Lanka

Internationally acclaimed fuel-saving product ‘Eco Tablets’ to boost vehicles in Sri Lanka

Dec 1, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Ceylon Green Produce (Private) Limited’s Eco Tablets is a fuel-saving product created and produced by PT ... Read More

Sri Lanka issues new guidelines to be followed from 1st -15th December

Sri Lanka issues new guidelines to be followed from 1st -15th December

Dec 1, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Sri Lanka’s Health Ministry issued fresh guidelines that will be in effect from the 1st to ... Read More