Category: Local News

Onlanka News – By Janaka Alahapperuma (Pix by: Chandana Perera) President Mahinda Rajapaksa left on a three day official visit to India Wednesday afternoon (19 September). The President and his entourage arrived at the Palam Air Force Base in New Delhi and they were warmly greeted by an Indian delegation at the Airport.  On arrival, […]

Minister S M Chandrasena says he will resign from his ministerial portfolio. […]

Radio Vienna, an Austrian media network channel, ran a two-hour live broadcast on Sri Lanka on Sunday, 16th September 2012 as part of its most popular prime time breakfast event. […]

FILE PHOTO Amidst ongoing protests in Tamil Nadu, Sri Lankan president Mahinda Rajapaksa will have dinner on Thursday with Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in Delhi, where the latter is expected to raise the issue of effective devolution of powers in Tamil-majority areas in north and east of the island nation. […]

Former Eastern Province Chief Minister and leader of the TMVP Sivanesathurai Chandrakanthan alias Pillayan has been appointed as a Presidential Advisor, informed sources said. […]

Onlanka News – By Janaka Alahapperuma (Pix by: Nalin Hewapathirana) Sri Lanka Freedom Party’s Najeeb Abdul Majeed was sworn in as the new Chief Minister of the Eastern Province Council before President Mahinda Rajapaksa, this morning on 18 September. […]

The attorney representing the Army Major, who was injured in a brawl at a five-star hotel recently, today filed an affidavit before the Fort Magistrate stating that he was not assaulted by Malaka Silva and Rehan Wijeratne and agreeing to settle the issue. […]

Onlanka News – By Janaka Alahapperuma (Pix by: Udesh Gunarathna) “Diyatha Uyana” Walking Path and flower shops on the banks of the Diyawanna Oya Waters Edge premises to enhance the beauty of the city of Sri Jayawardenapura , Kotte near Battaramulla was declared open for the public recently by Basil Rajapaksa, Senior adviser to the President and […]

A youth had died after exploding a grenade inside a double cab in Thihagoda, Matara over a love affair a short while ago, police said. […]

CHENNAI/ SALEM: The visit of Sri Lankan president Mahinda Rajapaksa to Indian from September 21 is likely to be a stormy affair. On Monday, a 26-year-old auto driver from Salem attempted self-immolation over the visit while MDMK leader Vaiko, with hundreds of cadres in tow, left for Sanchi in Madhya Pradesh to stage a black […]

Onlanka News – by Walter Jayawardhana The Provincial Council election results scream for the unity of the opposition political parties of the country to deliver the nation from rulers rotten with corruption as an absolute necessacity said former army commander Sarath Fonseka addressing a meeting in Kurunegala. […]

COLOMBO, Sept.17 (Xinhua) — China’s top legislator Wu Bangguo met with Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapakse here Monday, vowing to insert new energy into relations between the two countries. […]

The Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) to be held in Sri Lanka in November next year will be a historic moment for Sri Lanka to showcase the remarkable progress achieved by the country to the wider world  in the post-conflict era. The Minister of External Affairs, Prof. G.L Peiris made this comment, while addressing […]

The Sri Lanka Delegation to the 21st Session of the Human Rights Council, intervening in the interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on ‘Extreme Poverty’, has emphasized that States and economic actors must take concerted efforts to address extreme poverty and create an enabling environment for sustainable economic development, which is accessible to all. Noting […]

Professor G.L. Peiris, Minister of External Affairs, briefed Ambassadors and High Commissioners accredited to Sri Lanka comprehensively on current developments. The briefing took place at the Ministry of External Affairs on Monday. Consuls representing foreign countries were also present. […]

COLOMBO, Sept.16 (Xinhua) — The forthcoming visit by China’s top legislator Wu Bangguo will help enhance the relationship between Sri Lanka and China, said Chamal Rajapaksa, speaker of the parliament in an interview with Xinhua here Sunday. […]