Category: Local News

Colombo, Sep 13 (IANS) Sri Lanka is holding discussions with India to lift a travel advisory issued after 184 Sri Lankan pilgrims were attacked in Tamil Nadu, a government spokesman said Thursday. […]

Commonwealth is enriched by Sri Lanka’s membership and the country also gains from access to the Commonwealth’s networks of 54 member governments through the sharing of resources and experiences and opportunities, said Commonwealth Secretary General Kamalesh Sharma. Sharma issuing a statement over his visit to Sri Lanka to participate in the 58th CPA conference in […]

Chief Minister Jayalalithaa on Thursday said Sri Lankan tourists and pilgrims would face no problem in the State and sought to explain that she had prevented sportspersons from that country playing or training in Tamil Nadu only to express the State’s anguish and protest over the denial of rights due to Tamils in the island […]

Onlanka News – By Janaka Alahapperuma (Pix by: Sudath Silva) Lance Corporal Pradeep Sanjaya who did Sri Lanka proud by winning a Bronze Medal at the London Paralympic Games recently met President Mahinda Rajapaksa at Temple Trees today on 13 September. […]

Minister Patali Champika Ranawaka said that the opposition has no moral right to make criticism about the Lak Wijaya Power Plant in Puttalam. Explaining the background that led to the establishment of the Lak Wijaya Power Plant the Minister said that the proposal for establishing a coal power plant was made in 1985 and only […]

The country’s unemployment rate dropped to below six percent due to President Mahinda Rajapaksa’s efforts to enhance the scope of vocational and technical education, Youth Affairs and Skills Development Minister Dullas Alahapperuma said. […]

If Tamil Nadu politicians truly care about Sri Lankan Tamils, they should discourage the State’s fishermen from cornering the marine resources in the Palk Straits When Tamil Nadu politicians raise the pitch against the Sri Lankan government’s perceived atrocities on the Tamils in that country, they invoke popular sentiment in Tamil Nadu, saying Tamils here […]

Onlanka News – By Janaka Alahapperuma from London (Pix by: Sudath Silva) President Mahinda Rajapaksa officially inaugurated the 58th Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) Conference at the Nelum Pokuna Mahinda Rajapaksa Performance Arts Theatre this morning on 11 September. Upon arrival at the main entrance, President Rajapaksa was cordially welcomed by the current Chairman of the […]

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. […]