Govt. considering opening of BIA before August 1: Minister
(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) – The government is considering the reopening of the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA), Katunayake prior to August…
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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…
Issue necessary guidelines to open hotels: Minister
(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) – Industrial Exports and Investment Promotions, Tourism and Aviation Minister Prasanna Ranatunga requested the relevant authorities to…
Israel gets first Ethiopia-born minister, in Pnina Tamano-Shata
(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) – Israel is set to get its first Ethiopia-born minister, with the nomination of a female MP…
Coronavirus: Iran’s deputy health minister tests positive as outbreak worsens
(FASTNEWS | Coronavirus-Iran) – Iran’s deputy health minister and an MP have both tested positive for the new coronavirus, as…
Yahya Jammeh faces arrest if he returns to Gambia – minister
(FASTNEWS | Banjul) – Former Gambian President Yahya Jammeh will be arrested if he attempts to return to the country,…
Minister Prasanna Ranatunga calls for inquiry on complaint by Dutch tourists
(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) – Minister Prasanna Ranatunga has ordered the Tourism Development Authority for an immediate report on the incident…
GPS, CCTV monitoring systems to be provided for each train station: Minister
(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) – Every train station will be empowered with GPS tracking technologies and will monitor its activities with…
Measures to issue medical certificates at NTMI immediately: Minister
(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) – Transport Service and Management Minister Mahinda Amaraweera yesterday instructed the National Transport Medical Institute (NTMI) officials…
Min. Ravi K. ordered to record statement with CID within two weeks
(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) – Minister of Power & Energy Ravi Karunanayake has been ordered to provide a statement to the…
G7 summit: Iranian foreign minister attends unexpected talks
(FASTNEWS|COLOMBO) – Iran’s foreign minister made a brief and unannounced visit to the G7 summit in France on Sunday. Mohammad…
Dress code of Muslim females will change under Police Act – Patali
(FASTNEWS|COLOMBO) – Minister of Megapolis and Western Development Patali Champika Ranawaka says that a law on the clothes and the face…
“I will contest the Presidential Election” – Sajith Premadasa
(FASTNEWS|COLOMBO) – The Housing, Construction and Cultural Affairs Minister Sajith Premadasa, for the first time, asserted that he would contest…
“MR’s SLFP membership now automatically cancelled”– Mahinda Amaraweera
(FASTNEWS|COLOMBO) -Opposition Leader and former President Mahinda Rajapaksa will face many difficulties because he has automatically lost membership in the…
“We Don’t Have a national industrial policy” – Minister Buddhika Pathirana
(FASTNEWS|COLOMBO) – State Minister Buddhika Pathirana says that Sri Lanka is a country which still does not have a national…