Category: Local News

Bread price goes up

The price of a 450 g of loaf of bread would be increased by Rs.2 with effect from midnight today, the All Ceylon Bakery Owners’ Asscoaition Chairman N.K.Jayawardana said. The decision to increase the prices of all bakery products including the bread has been taken following the price hike of wheat flour last Friday. […]



Appeal to Sri Lankan Tamils not to be misled again by Pro – LTTE TNA

By Shenali Waduge What do Sambanthan, Premachandran, Senathirajah and Sreetharan all have in common? Apart from being partners of an unregistered alliance called the Tamil National Alliance, they are all former mouthpieces of the separatist agenda and they continue to be the obstacle to allowing people to start life afresh as that would mean an […]




Hajj, an embodiment of sacrifice – President

‘I am pleased to send this message of greetings on the occasion of the celebration of Eid-Ul-Alha, the festival of Hajj, by the Sri Lankan Islamic community, together with their brethren the world over, states President Mahinda Rajapaksa in a Hajj message. […]




Amaraneeya Nayakayek: Gamini Dissanayake – Reminiscences

Onlanka News – By Janaka Alahapperuma (Pix by: Sudath Silva) The first copy of the book titled Amaraneeya Nayakayek-Gamini Dissanayake Puranavalokanaya (Leader Par Excellence, Gamini Dissanayake – Reminiscences) published to mark the 18th death anniversary of Gamini Dissanayake being presented to President Mahinda Rajapaksa at Temple Trees by Srima Dissanayake and her son State Management […]



“Women should take the lead in conserving energy for the future generation” says Sri Lanka’s First Lady at WEF in Dubai

Onlanka News – By Janaka Alahapperuma (Pix by:Lalith Welivitigoda) Sri Lanka’s First Lady Shiranthi Rajapaksa said that women should take the lead in conserving energy for the future generation to make sustainable development a reality. “As women we should make a vital contribution to protect energy on behalf of the sustainable development for the posterity”. […]




Lightening damages a wall of Sigiriya Rock Fortress

The Sigiriya Rock Fortress was damaged Tuesday (23) afternoon when it was struck by lightening.  A section of  the wall near the Lion’s Paw  in the Sigiriya Rock  collapsed  by the lightning strike and the damage is not severe said the Archaeological Department spokesman. […]



Sri Lanka must FIRST Eliminate Eelaam Ideology for Reconciliation to Succeed

By Shenali Waduge The subjugation mentality as a result of over 500 years of occupationist colonial rule continues to haunt natives of these former colonies. Why, because they continue to or are made to think the white man has all the answers to the world’s ills. Unfortunately, despite coining all international laws, starting international humanitarian […]



Karunanidhi slams war memorial in Sri Lanka

Chennai: Slamming the building of a victory memorial in northern Sri Lanka as an “uncivilised act” by the island government to “deliberately hurt” sentiments of Tamils, DMK chief M Karunanidhi today said such memorials would not help the peace efforts claimed to have been made by Colombo. […]



Wife accuses Sakvithi of raping her

Financial scammer Sakvithi Ranasinghe was indicted before the Colombo High Court by the Attorney General on charges of committing rape on a minor girl at Mount Lavina during the period  March 30, 1998 to February 28, 1999. Sakvithi Ranasinghe was accused of abducting the minor girl Kumari Anuradhini, who was below the age of 18 […]



Lanka politics threatens ties with India

NEW DELHI: The ongoing one-upmanship between the Sri Lankan government and TNA, which represents a vast majority of Tamil population in the island nation, has taken a dangerous turn with many within the government, including President Mahinda Rajapaksa’s brother and defence secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa, demanding that the 13th amendment to the Constitution, a product of […]



Sri Lankans transferred to detention on Nauru

A group of 25 Sri Lankan asylum seekers have been transferred from Darwin to the detention centre on Nauru, the Australian Immigration Department says. The group is the latest to be sent to Nauru as part of the Federal Government’s offshore processing policy. […]



President at World Energy Forum : Food security as important as alternative energy

Countries must bear in mind that in the search for alternative energy, sources agricultural land of today and tomorrow must not be used. We must not let the hunger for alternative energy lead to an increase in hunger for food. The use of food crops for fuel production must be avoided to prevent the spread […]



Madusha Mayadunne 2nd runner up at Miss International

Madusha Mayadunne became the 2nd runner up at the 52nd Miss International 2012 pageant held in Okinawa, Japan. Fernanda Cornejo from Ecuador crowned her successor Ikumi Yoshimatsu from Japan at the end of the event, a glittering ceremony held at Okinawa Prefectural Budokan Arena Building. […]