Category: Local News

Despite the travel advisory issued by Sri Lanka to its citizens against travelling to Tamil Nadu following incidents of violence in Tiruchi, the flow of pilgrims remains normal. […]

United People’s Freedom Alliance won the Polonnaruwa District with 104,165 votes (58.15%). They have secured 6 seats in the results of polls. […]

Polling in the three provincial council elections for the North Central,  Sabaragamuwa and Eastern provinces started at 7.00 a.m. this morning. Brisk polling is reported from all the areas and voters are reported to have queued up since early morning to cast their votes. At least two Policemen will be on duty at every Polling […]

Onlanka News – By Noor Nizam – Canada The Sri Lankan High Commissioner to India HE. Prasad Kariyawasam has blamed  “fringe pro-LTTE groups” in the state of Tamil Nadu for the violence against visiting Sri Lankans, but underlined it will not affect robust ties or the visit of President Mahinda Rajapaksa to India later this […]

Onlanka News – By Janaka Alahapperuma (Pix by: Sudath Silva) President Mahinda Rajapaksa visited the Gothama Thapowana temple in Kalapaluwawa, Rajagiriya on Friday morning (07 September) and called on the Mahanayake of the Sri Kalyanawansa Chapter and Vice Chairman of the Amarapura Chapter Venerable Dodampahala Chandrasiri Nayaka Thero. […]

Sri Lankan stocks extended gains for a ninth straight session on Friday, jumping 2 percent to a five-month high helped by blue chips and foreign buying. […]

A 21 year old woman has been arrested in connection with the murder of a lawyer in Athurugiriya, Police said a short while ago. Earlier it was reported that a 65 year old lawyer was found dead at his house in Athurugiriya. […]

Secretary, Ministry of Defense and Urban Development Gotabaya Rajapaksa visited Poland at the invitation of Minister of National Defense Tomasz Siemoniak to attend the 20th International Defense Industry Exhibition (MPSO) held in Kielce from 3rd – 6th September 2012. The exhibition was inaugurated by President of Poland Boruslaw Komorowski on 3rd of September amidst a […]

There are no Indian fishermen in Sri Lankan custody and the New Delhi is engaged with Colombo to ensure that fisherfolk pursue their livelihood in a safe, secure and sustainable manner. […]

2011 Advanced Level Examinations new District and Island rankings have been released, the Examinations Department said a short while ago. The results could be obtained at www.doenets.lk […]

Business tycoon Harry Jayawardena says the 2011/12 financial year brought mixed emotions after the economy fared well during the first half only to succumb to over enthusiasm thereafter. […]

President Mahinda Rajapakse emphasized that the government is holding elections in due time to protect the democratic tights of the people and not to put the political parties that cannot face the people in to a predicament. […]

The Maubima People’s Party convened its first media briefing in Colombo. ’’When you look at the long term, this country is doomed. Today agriculture in the country is finished. How can there be an agricultural industry when the seeds are being brought from Australia?’’ […]

BHOPAL: The Madhya Pradesh police department still has no official intimation about the scheduled visit of Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa to the state capital on September 21 for the foundation laying ceremony of a Buddhist university at Sanchi in nearby Raisen district. […]

Sri Lankan police arrested a Chinese tourist suspected of swallowing a diamond worth 1.8 million rupees ($13,600) on Wednesday at the island nation’s biggest international gem and jewelry exhibition. Chow Cheng, 32, is believed to have swallowed the diamond as he inspected it at the exhibition, attended by buyers from China, Hong Kong, Thailand, India […]

Mohanathas Sivanayagam marked the long weekend by sticking 2,100 acupuncture needles into his head. The 37-year-old is a father of three young boys and works in the trucking industry. He came to Canada from Sri Lanka when he was 23. He has a pleasant smile, a calm demeanour, and a love of record breaking. He […]