Category: Local News

Onlanka News – by Shenali Waduge The recent spate of violent attacks on the most tolerant of religions needs greater attention and must generate significant reaction from Buddhists the world over. Despite Sri Lanka being a majority Sinhalese Buddhist nation in terms of tolerance the Buddhists have faced and continue to face alarming setbacks and […]

Ms. Karin Hulshof, UNICEF Regional Director for South Asia and Mr. Reza Hossaini, Representative of UNICEF Sri Lanka at South Asia paid a courtesy call on President Mahinda Rajapaksa yesterday. […]

The maximum age for the government servants for retirement has been extended to 60 years from the current age limit of 57 years in response to many requests made to the government by the public servants. […]

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Thursday affirmed India’s commitment for a political solution to the Sri Lankan Tamils issue during a meeting with TNA leaders, who would now consider joining a Parliamentary committee provided Colombo assures they will not be “cheated again“. […]

Former Navy Commander Admiral Somathilake Dissanayake was appointed as the Presidential Adviser on Maritime Affairs by President Mahinda Rajapaksa with effect from 08 October. He retired as the Sri Lanka Navy commander recently. […]

Onlanka News – By Shenali Waduge How far international laws of war and related punishment apply to terrorist organizations is something that needs far more attention than presently given. No law will have face value when those not-signatory, non-binding and those that purely exist on their ability to inflict fear and terror does not fall […]

The Executive Committee of the Federation of University Teachers’ Association (FUTA) yesterday decided to end their three month strike and resume work today. […]

The Federation of University Teachers Association will not be participating in the special press conference which was scheduled to be held this afternoon, in conjunction with Economic Development Minister Basil Rajapaksa. […]

Economic Development Minister Basil Rajapaksa met Dr.Mohan Kaul, Chairman of the Commonwealth Business Council (CBC) at the Ministry on Wednesday (10). […]

All heads of Local Government institutions should dedicate themselves to serve the people in their areas by identifying their needs properly, President Mahinda Rajapaksa said. He said so when he met Local Government institution Heads at Temple Trees on Tuesday. […]

Around 30 visitors including several foreigners have been stranded inside the Minneriya National Park, in the North Central Province, after a stream flooded due to heavy rain. […]

The Ministry of National Languages and Social Integration has decided to introduce a special hotline to solve language issues. […]

Police sources informed that on Sunday when the T 20 world cup match ended at the R. Premadasa Stadium a DIG had slapped a SSP and an attempt was now being made to hush it. […]

Sri Lanka announced it would raise defence spending by over 25 percent in 2013, more than three years after security forces ended a decades-long separatist war with Tamil rebels. […]

Hon. Basil Rohana Rajapaksa, Senior Adviser to the President and Minister of Economic Development participated  as chief guest at the  30th Annual general meeting of Sri Lanka Administrative Service Association (SASA) held on 09th October 2012 at  Waters Edge, Battaramulla. […]

Speaker Chamal Rajapaksa yesterday delivering his decision in relation to the petition filed before the Supreme Court challenging the Divi Neguma Bill in Parliament stated that according to Article 121 (1) of the Constitution, a reference made by the President or a petition by a citizen to the Supreme Court should be delivered to the […]