Category: Local News

Belarus is ready to welcome Sri Lankan President

– by Janaka Alahapperuma – Pix by: Sudath Silva President Mahinda Rajapaksa will begin his three day official visit to Belarus, former Soviet Union country today on Sunday 25 August. Meanwhile Sri Lankan Embassy in Russia accredited to Belarus has organised many cultural and traditional dancing events called ‘Mega Tourism Caravan’ an awareness campaign prior […]



Mirijjawila Export Processing Zone gets new Admin Office

– by Janaka Alahapperuma – Pix by: Nalin Hewapathirana President Mahinda Rajapaksa declared open new Administration Office of the Sri Lanka Board of Investments (BOI) at the Mirijjawila Export Processing Zone in Hambantota. The new admin office will control all administrative and processing activities for exporting goods of the Mirijawila Export Processing Zone. It is […]



Eminent scholar Prof Mendis Rohanadeera commemorated

– by Janaka Alahapperuma – Pix by: Udesh Gunarathna One of the highly respected and prominent intellectuals in the recent past Professor Mendis Rohanadeera was commemorated recently at a special ceremony organised by the Rohanadeera Study and Research Center. The second memorial ceremony of the late Professor popularly known as ‘Giruwaye Maha Praggnaya’ took place […]



BRAND NEW LAW AND ORDER MINISTRY BORN

President Mahinda Rajapaksa has established a new ministry titled “Ministry of Law and Order” and the Extraordinary Gazette Notification has been issued by the President on August 16, 2013. […]



Sri Lanka still trying to forget over 300 attacks by LTTE in 30 years

– by Shenali D Waduge – Some organizations are trying to remember a solitary incident that took place in 1983 but unrepeated since to continuously project and promote a larger objective. They take great pains to ‘remember’ this solitary incident but refuse or ignore to hold a single exhibition, documentary or issue a statement for […]




Fonterra suspends operations in Sri Lanka

Fonterra has temporarily suspended its consumer operations in Sri Lanka blaming the current ”unstable situation” for the company. Chief executive Theo Spierings said the move was to ensure Fonterra’s 755 staff in Sri Lanka are ”safe” and to secure the company’s assets. […]



TNA PS members join with the government

– by Janaka Alahapperuma – Pix by: Chandana Perera Vice Chairman of the Wadamarachchi Pradeshiya Sabha E. Santhasorupan and Vice Chairman of the Point Pedro Pradeshiya Sabha M. Logasinhem met President Mahinda Rajapaksa and pledged their support to the government today on 22 August. Both Tamil provincial leaders are representatives of Tamil National Alliance (TNA) […]



No more DCD contaminated products in Sri Lanka – Champika

No milk powder containing DCD had been shipped to Sri Lanka from 1 June, the representatives of the diplomatic corps of New Zealand had assured the Sri Lankan government. During a high level discussion between the government and the representatives of the diplomatic corps of New Zealand, it was assured that no milk powder containing […]



Questions for UNHRC Head Navi Pillay to answer in Sri Lanka

– by Shenali D Waduge – Sri Lanka welcomes Ms. Pillay. After 30 years of terror Sri Lanka breathes freedom minus terrorist attacks and suicide missions. Civil crimes that take place everywhere round the world cannot compare to the fear 20million suffered during 3 decades of terror. 4 years on we hope that Ms. Pillay […]



Commander Receive Report On Weliweriya Incidents

The Report of the findings into the recent Rathupaswala – Weliweriya incidents, complied by a Court of Inquiry (C of I), presided by Major General N.A.J.C. Dias, Adjutant General  of the Army was handed over to the Commander of the Army Lieutenant General Daya Ratnayake, Wednesday (21) late evening at Army Headquarters. […]




Kandy Esala Perahera comes to an end: Perahera Sannasa to the President

– by Janaka Alahapperuma – Pix by: Sudath Silva – The traditional ceremony to inform the head of the state on the successful completion of the historic Esala Festival took place at the President’s House in Kandy in the presence of President Mahinda Rajapaksa this afternoon on 21 August. The Perahera Sannasa (Scroll of Memorandum) […]



National Zoo to get three new Asian elephants

FILE PHOTO In June the Calgary Zoo, part of which sits on an island in the Bow River, was devastated by flooding. Two hippos almost escaped. The elephants stood in two feet of water, and the zoo suffered $50 million in damages. […]



Animal Sacrifice in Sri Lanka must STOP

– by Shenali D Waduge – For 25 centuries Sri Lanka was a nation that had prohibited animal slaughter of any kind by royal decree. The royal proclamations by the Sinhala Buddhist kings forbidding every citizen including visitor and trader to slaughter animals has not been repealed and questions why what did not exist under […]



Go ahead for seven brands of milk powder

  The Health Ministry Food Advisory Committee will release seven brands of milk powder from the harbour as ITI officials have confirmed that there was no DCD in the samples of these seven milk powder brands. […]