Category: Local News

Onlanka News – By Noor Nizam – Canada The victory of the UPFA in the recent Eastern Provincial Council elections has to be given serious thought by the Muslim community. Though the UPFA has got 204000 votes and captured 14 seats, this does not mean that the UPFA is the governing body of the Eastern […]

  Five soldiers were killed and three injured when a mound of earth collapsed on them this afternoon at the Diyatalawa Army Camps. […]

Japan will produce a commemorative coin with a face value of 1,000 Sri Lankan rupees (around ¥600) to mark the 60th anniversary of the countries’ diplomatic relations, officials said Friday. […]

A Sri Lankan man posted death threats on the Facebook wall of a Filipina waitress who spurned his marriage proposal – and sought the help of fellow users on how he should carry out the killing, a Dubai court heard today. […]

The concluded Provincial Council election which brought a resounding victory for the UPFA in Sabaragamuwa, North Central and Eastern Provinces will be written in the annals of Sri Lankan election history as the tenth election which was won by UPFA government under my leadership, President Mahinda Rajapaksa in a press release on the UPFA victory […]

The United People’s Freedom Alliance led by President Mahinda Rajapaksa has won all three provincial councils –North Central, Eastern and Sabaragamuwa – at Saturday’s Provincial Council election. […]

Onlanka News – By Janaka Alahapperuma (Pix by: Sudath Silva) The Sacred Kapilawasthu Relics are now being in exposition around the clock at the Gangarama Temple in Hunipitiya, Colombo.  The public can pay homage to the Sacred Relics from noon today ( Saturday 08) to Tuesday 6.00 pm on September 11. This morning the Sacred Kapilavastu […]

United People’s Freedom Alliance won the Polonnaruwa District with 234,387 votes (62.71%). They have secured 13 seats in the results of polls. […]

Despite the travel advisory issued by Sri Lanka to its citizens against travelling to Tamil Nadu following incidents of violence in Tiruchi, the flow of pilgrims remains normal. […]

United People’s Freedom Alliance won the Polonnaruwa District with 104,165 votes (58.15%). They have secured 6 seats in the results of polls. […]

Polling in the three provincial council elections for the North Central,  Sabaragamuwa and Eastern provinces started at 7.00 a.m. this morning. Brisk polling is reported from all the areas and voters are reported to have queued up since early morning to cast their votes. At least two Policemen will be on duty at every Polling […]

Onlanka News – By Noor Nizam – Canada The Sri Lankan High Commissioner to India HE. Prasad Kariyawasam has blamed  “fringe pro-LTTE groups” in the state of Tamil Nadu for the violence against visiting Sri Lankans, but underlined it will not affect robust ties or the visit of President Mahinda Rajapaksa to India later this […]

Onlanka News – By Janaka Alahapperuma (Pix by: Sudath Silva) President Mahinda Rajapaksa visited the Gothama Thapowana temple in Kalapaluwawa, Rajagiriya on Friday morning (07 September) and called on the Mahanayake of the Sri Kalyanawansa Chapter and Vice Chairman of the Amarapura Chapter Venerable Dodampahala Chandrasiri Nayaka Thero. […]

Sri Lankan stocks extended gains for a ninth straight session on Friday, jumping 2 percent to a five-month high helped by blue chips and foreign buying. […]

A 21 year old woman has been arrested in connection with the murder of a lawyer in Athurugiriya, Police said a short while ago. Earlier it was reported that a 65 year old lawyer was found dead at his house in Athurugiriya. […]

Secretary, Ministry of Defense and Urban Development Gotabaya Rajapaksa visited Poland at the invitation of Minister of National Defense Tomasz Siemoniak to attend the 20th International Defense Industry Exhibition (MPSO) held in Kielce from 3rd – 6th September 2012. The exhibition was inaugurated by President of Poland Boruslaw Komorowski on 3rd of September amidst a […]