‘Opposition is using COVID-19 as a tool’
(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) – Former State Minister Janaka Wakkumbura says the Opposition is attempting to use the recent spike in…
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Govt. dismisses claims of holidays as false
(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) – The Department of Government Information says rumours circulating of holidays being declared during the next few…
Stokes strikes as West Indies close on England total
(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) – England stand-in captain Ben Stokes took the key wicket of Kraigg Brathwaite to leave the first…
V- shaped recovery for Lankan exports as June export earnings reach $ 950 mn – EDB
(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) – Sri Lanka’s export earnings have increased to US $ 950 million in June 2020 from US…
Hong Kong: Dozens held as ‘anti-protest’ law kicks in on handover anniversary
(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) – Dozens of people have been arrested in Hong Kong, including a man carrying a pro-independence flag,…
Chris Hemsworth: I’m as vulnerable as anybody else
(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) – Hollywood’s ‘Thor’ Chris Hemsworth is as vulnerable as anybody else and grapples with uncertainties just like…
Sripali first Sri Lankan woman cricketer to qualify as a fitness trainer in Australia
(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) – Former National women’s cricketer Sripali Weerakkody has become the first Sri Lankan woman cricketer to qualify…
No relegation of teams as Premier Cricket set to resume in July
(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) – The promotion and relegation rule will not be implemented in this year’s Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC)…
Coronavirus: Florida and Texas reverse reopening as US cases pass 2.5m
(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) – Coronavirus infections across the United States have passed 2.5 million, with record numbers of cases reported…
20 injured as bus topples over in Omanthai
(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) – A Jaffna-bound bus, which had set off from Colombo, has met with an accident near the…
Delhi to survey 29 million residents as cases surge
(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) – India’s capital, Delhi, has announced that it will screen its nearly 30 million residents for Covid-19…
Indian army uses rape as a tool of retaliation: HRW
(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) – Despite claiming to be one of the biggest democracies of the world and a legatee of…
Major General Jagath Gunawardena assumed duties as the 55th Chief of Staff of the Army
(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) – Major General Jagath Gunawardena assumed duties as the new Chief of Staff of the Sri Lanka…
PM sworn-in as Social Empowerment Minister
(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) – Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa was sworn in as the Minister of Social Empowerment and Estate Infrastructure…
Tally goes up as 17 more recover from COVID-19
(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) – Seventeen more patients who had been receiving treatment for COVID-19 infection have been discharged from their…