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Nearly 2,000 PCR tests conducted in SL yesterday

Nearly 2,000 PCR tests conducted in SL yesterday

May 24, 2020

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - The total number of PCR tests conducted thus far in Sri Lanka to identify COVID-19, has ... Read More

‘Bandula’s statement on Rs.5,000 meaningless’

‘Bandula’s statement on Rs.5,000 meaningless’

May 23, 2020

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Election monitoring body the Centre for Monitoring Election Violence says the statement by Co-Cabinet Spokesman Minister ... Read More

All 50 states partially reopened; US death toll surpasses 90,000

All 50 states partially reopened; US death toll surpasses 90,000

May 21, 2020

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - All 50 states of the United States have started easing coronavirus-related restrictions even though many of ... Read More

Over 38,000 Sri Lankans in 143 countries seek to return home

Over 38,000 Sri Lankans in 143 countries seek to return home

May 17, 2020

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Over 38,983 Overseas Sri Lankans (OSLs) in 143 countries at present seek to return home, based ... Read More

Coronavirus global death toll passes 300,000

Coronavirus global death toll passes 300,000

May 15, 2020

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - More than 300,000 people around the world have now died globally from the coronavirus, according to ... Read More

Russia’s cases pass 200,000

Russia’s cases pass 200,000

May 10, 2020

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Russia has recorded 11,012 new cases of the coronavirus in the past 24 hours, bringing its ... Read More

Global coronavirus cases top 200,000 as nations tighten clampdowns

Global coronavirus cases top 200,000 as nations tighten clampdowns

Mar 19, 2020

(FASTNEWS | Coronavirus outbreak) - The number of global coronavirus infections shot past 200,000 on Wednesday, as governments across Europe, ... Read More

Coronavirus: Global death toll exceeds 3,000

Coronavirus: Global death toll exceeds 3,000

Mar 2, 2020

(FASTNEWS | Coronavirus) - The number of people killed worldwide by the coronavirus has exceeded 3,000, as China reported 42 ... Read More

Nearly 40,000 fake doctors island-wide – GMOA

Nearly 40,000 fake doctors island-wide – GMOA

Feb 18, 2020

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Nearly 40,000 fake doctors are treating patients island-wide, claims the Government Medical Officers’ Association (GMOA). According ... Read More

Rishad demands compensation from Wimal

Rishad demands compensation from Wimal

Feb 12, 2020

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Former Minister, Parliamentarian Rishad Bathiudeen has forwarded a letter of demand to Minister Wimal Weerawansa, demanding ... Read More

Coronavirus: Senior Chinese officials ‘removed’ as death toll hits 1,000

Coronavirus: Senior Chinese officials ‘removed’ as death toll hits 1,000

Feb 11, 2020

(FASTNEWS |Coronavirus outbreak) - China has "removed" several senior officials over their handling of the coronavirus outbreak - as the ... Read More

Novel corona 2019 test costs Rs.30,000

Novel corona 2019 test costs Rs.30,000

Feb 1, 2020

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - The Medical Research Institute says the estimated cost to carry-out the novel corona 2019 test in ... Read More

‘Increase estate workers daily wage to Rs.1,000’

‘Increase estate workers daily wage to Rs.1,000’

Jan 14, 2020

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - United National Party (UNP) Parliamentarian Vadivel Suresh says estate workers are severely inconvenienced especially during the ... Read More

DR Congo measles: More than 6,000 dead in world’s worst outbreak

DR Congo measles: More than 6,000 dead in world’s worst outbreak

Jan 8, 2020

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - The number of people killed by a measles epidemic in the Democratic Republic of Congo has ... Read More

Sarana Gunawardena gets 3 years prison, Rs. 300,000

Sarana Gunawardena gets 3 years prison, Rs. 300,000

Jan 7, 2020

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Former MP Sarana Gunawaradene has been sentenced to three years in prison today by Colombo Chief ... Read More