Category: Local News

Observing that Indian fishermen hailing from Tamil Nadu have been “traditionally fishing” in contentious Katchatheevu, Chief Minister Jayalalithaa today urged Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to ask Colombo to stop its navy from harassing them. […]

Hirunika Premachandra, the daughter of late Presidential Advisor Baratha Lakshman Premachandra, said today that she would enter active politics soon. […]

Canadian prosecutors announced they were forgoing a preliminary hearing and proceeding to trial for six men charged with smuggling hundreds of Tamils aboard a rickety ship into Canada. […]

Without a national identity card, many Tamils in Sri Lanka cannot avail of basic services and it makes them suspect in the eyes of the police, writes Ponniah Manikavasagam of the BBC’s Tamil service. In a remote and dusty part of Kilinochchi district in the Tamil-dominated northern Sri Lanka, people gather around a group of […]

  The Eastern, Sabaragamuwa and North Central Provincial Councils were dissolved with effect from midnight yesterday at the request of Chief Ministers, and the relevant Gazette Notification was signed by the respective Governors effecting the dissolution of the Provincial Councils. […]

Onlanka News – By Janaka Alahapperuma (Pix by: Nalin Hewapathirana) Sri Lanka’s latest population is 20,277,597 as of 20 March 2012 revealed within the preliminary report issued by the Department of Census and Statistics. The preliminary publication related to the 14th Population and Housing Census handed over to President Mahinda Rajapaksa by Superintendent of Census […]

The re-scrutinized 2011 A/Level results have been released. They could be obtained at www.doenets.lk […]

The Sri Lankan rupee market came to a standstill on Tuesday as banks stopped quoting spot prices against U.S. dollar, after what dealers said was a request from the central to stop trading the ailing currency beyond the 133 level. […]

Sri Lankan voters will get the opportunity to surf the web to check their name in the electoral register after August 15, Elections Commissioner General Mahinda Deshapriya said today. […]

Onlanka News – By Janaka Alahapperuma (Pix by: Sudath Silva) Four foreign envoys including three Ambassadors and a High Commissioner, presented their credentials to President Mahinda Rajapaksa at a ceremony which was held at the Presidential Secretariat today on 26 June 2012. Accordingly three (3) new Ambassadors from Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Republic of […]

Onlanka News – By Janaka Alahapperuma (Pix By: Nalin Hewapathirana) A financial donation with a worth of Rs. 75 million from the Employees Trust Fund (ETF) was made as scholarship grants to nearly 5000 students who excelled in last year’s Grade Five scholarship examination, at Temple Trees yesterday on 26 June. […]

Sri Lanka’s Budget Airline, the Mihin Lanka Airlines is to commence services to the Chennai Airport from next September.  An agreement in this connection has been reached with the Chennai airport authorities. […]

At least one person was killed and three injured due to a major fire in a tyre store in Mt. Lavinia this morning, police said. The reason for the fire is yet to be established. […]

President Mahinda Rajapkasa yesterday instructed government officials to provide immediate relief and assistance to farmers affected by the drought. The President gave the above instructions during an urgent meeting convened yesterday to look into the difficulties faced by farmers of the North Central Province due to drought. It was attended by politicians, farmers, and government […]

Onlanka News – by Dr. Telli C Rajaratnam COMMANDER IN CHIEF OF THE ARMED FORCES PRESIDENT RAJAPAKSA AUTHORIZED THE MILITARY STRATEGIES OF DEFENCE SECRETARY GOTABHAYA RAJAPAKSA TO RESCUE THE INHABITANTS OF THE NORTH THE IMMINENT NECESSITY FOR MILITARY PRESENCE  IN THE INTERESTS OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE NORTH Liberated North We have just liberated the […]

The National Mosquito Control month declared for the first time by the Health Ministry in collaboration with the Presidential Task Force on Dengue begins today and will continue until July 25. […]