Category: Local News

Onlanka News – By Noor Nizam – Canada. August 13th., 2012. Why did Prof. G.L. Peiris, the Minister of Foreign Affairs choose this great day (Sunday the 13th., August) to make this great statement at a center which depicts the strength of Sri Lanka, The Mahaweli river, the nerve vein of one of the water […]

The suspension of the Singapore-based company, Vitol, from the registered list of the Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) in 2009 and the reenlistment of the company in 2011 were both done in accordance with the decisions of the CPC Director Board, Petroleum Industries Ministry sources said yesterday. […]

SINGAPORE, Aug 13 (Reuters) – Sri Lanka’s Ceylon Petroleum Corp (Ceypetco) is seeking 310,000 barrels of gasoil and gasoline for prompt delivery in August, traders said on Monday. Ceypetco is seeking a combined cargo of 30,000 barrels of 0.25 percent sulphur gasoil and 280,000 barrels of 90-octane gasoline for delivery into Muthurajawela and Dolphin Pier […]

Senior Minister Ratnasiri Wickramanayake today said that armed forces and police should be equipped with modern weapons as there were signs of terrorists raising their heads again. […]

Onlanka News – by Walter Jayawardhana According to a matter raised by the New Delhi Tele Vision (NDTV) the liability of the Kudankulam nuclear power plant in Chennai has become a big security concern for people living in close proximity to the power generating facility. […]

Police used teargas to control protestors near the Badulla Hospital who allege police inaction over a fatal accident which had occurred in the area yesterday. […]

UNP’s Kurunegala District MP Dayasiri Jayasekara yesterday (11) quashed rumours about crossing over to the government, and charged that such a canard was being spread by the ‘Media Mafia’ of  UNP and Opposition Leader Ranil Wickremasinghe’s media unit. […]

COLOMBO: In the strongest reaction yet to India’s contentious support to a US sponsored resolution at the UNHRC against Sri Lanka earlier this year, President Mahinda Rajapaksa has broken his silence by calling upon the Indian government to have a relook at its dealings with its neighbours. […]

Two armed men on a motorbike stole nearly Rs. 1.1 million in cash, transported by a field officer to pay wages of factory employees at Devagiri Estate in Yakkalamulla. […]

Speaking in Parliament on Thursday, Minister of Sports Mahindananda Aluthgamage said that the Cricket Board has been set up only to satisfy clubs. […]

A new Board of Directors and Chairman have been appointed to the Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) due to four members including the Acting Chairman resigning, the Ministry of Petroleum Industries said today. […]

Business tycoon Harry Jayawardena, now under heavy fire over alleged irregularities in the crisis hit Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) yesterday called for an investigation into all transactions conducted during his tenure as the Chairman of the loss making public enterprise. […]

Prices of eight essential goods at all Lanka Sathosa outlets will be reduced with effect from tomorrow, the Trade Ministry said. Accordingly, prices of white sugar, canned fish, samba rice, red raw rice, white raw rice, dhal, nadu rice, sprats will be reduced. […]

The government has reiterated that sustainable reconciliation among the communities of this country can only be established through a local mechanism. A successful solution cannot be achieved by internationalizing this issue, or by imposing a foreign module. […]

The Cabinet has decided to reduce the registration fee for news websites to Rs.25,000 while the annual renewal fee has also been reduced to Rs.10,000, the Government Information Department stated. […]

A meeting was held on Thursday to brief the media about the damage caused to various sectors, following the use of sub- standard diesel. The following are some of the views expressed during the briefing. […]