President Mahinda Rajapaksa participated in special religious observances at the Jaya Sri Maha Bodhi and Ruwanweli Seya in Anuradhapura yesterday in memory of Prime Ministers SWRD Bandaranaike and Sirimavo Bandaranaike and other former SLFP stalwarts including Ministers Maithripala Senanayake and K B Ratnayake. […]
Under the student exchange programme between Sri Lankan schools and Gymnasium Isernhagen in Hanover, Germany, which started in 2007, five students from Colombo Ladies College visited Isernhagen Gymnasium in Germany. The association SLAGI organized the exchange programme. […]
President Mahinda Rajapakse emphasized that all Sri Lankans will be treated alike whether they live in the South, the North, or in the East or the West, as all are Sri Lankans. He said that benefits of the development should be passed on to everyone without any kind of discrimination. […]
The Attorney General yesterday indicted in the Colombo High Court three LTTE cadres for the attempted murder of General Sarath Fonseka, in collaboration with LTTE suicide bomber. Altogether 23 charges were filed, including the major charges of attempted murder, and aiding and abetting in the same offence. […]
Onlanka News – By Janaka Alahapperuma (Pix by: President Media Photo Division) Former North-Central Province Council (NCPC) Chief Minister Berty Premalal Dissanayake who demanded that he should be reappointed to the post was sworn in before President Mahinda Rajapaksa as member of NCP Council at President’s House last night. Dissanayake was a notable absentee at […]
Sri Lanka participated at the annual IFTM Top Resa (International French Travel Market) that was held in Paris from September 18 th to September 21 st, 2012. Flagship fair for the tourism sector, IFTM Top Resa brings every year thousands of travel agents from across the world who come to present their products and services […]
Colonel R Hariharan A Rediff.com Report The issue of discrimination against Tamils in Sri Lanka has recently led to strong protests against Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa as well as some pilgrims from the island nation. India and Sri Lanka will be able to tide over the current wave of protests and manage to maintain their […]
Onlanka News – By Janaka Alahapperuma (Pix by: President Media Unit) S.M. Ranjith and Maheepala Herath were sworn in as Chief Ministers of North-Central and Sabaragamuwa Provinces respectively before President Mahinda Rajapaksa this morning on 24 September. The sworn in ceremony took place at the Presidential Secretariat. […]
In furtherance of bilateral relations between Sri Lanka and Nigeria, the Government of Nigeria has opened its Resident Mission in Colombo. The very first Nigerian High Commissioner resident in Colombo, Femi Akenson Rotimi presented his credentials to President Mahinda Rajapaksa on the 14th September 2012. […]