Category: Local News

Sri Lanka today said a task force overlooking the implementation of the reconciliation commission is making progress and has shorlisted 33 of its recommendations to be implemented at national level. […]

The government has turned its attention to provide a fair chunk of benefits to the public from the downward trend of petroleum prices in the international market. […]

One person killed following a shootout between bank robbers and police in Talangama early today morning, Police said. The robbers who had attempted to rob a bank in Talangama had hurled grenades at Police who arrived at the scene. Afterwards during a shootout with police one suspected bank robber had been killed, Police said. […]

(Reuters) – The Sri Lankan rupee fell to a record low of 133.60 against the dollar on Tuesday on importer demand for the U.S. currency as an IMF delegation went into a sixth day of discussions on the last tranche of a $2.6 billion loan. […]

Zhou Yongkang (R), a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, meets with Ranil Wickremesinghe, head of Sri Lanka’s United National Party, in Beijing, capital of China, June 11, 2012. (Xinhua/Li Tao) BEIJING, June 11 (Xinhua) — A senior official of the Communist Party […]

Sri Lanka has been removed from the ‘list of shame’ in UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s annual report on children and armed conflict during 2011. […]

The United States on Monday exempted India and six other nations from U.S. economic sanctions after they significantly reduced their imports of Iranian oil, foreign media reported […]

The declaration of “Wehera Hena Poorwarama Raja Maha Vihara” and its premises as a sacred area was unveiled by the Secretary of Defence and Urban Development Mr Gotabaya Rajapaksa today (09th June) with the blessings of HE the President Mahinda Rajapaksa at a colourfull function held at the Weherahena Poorwarama Raja Maha Vihara at Matara. […]

The house belonging to Sri Lankan airline Chairman Nishantha Wickremesinghe, who is First Lady Shiranthi Rajapaksa’s brother, was robbed on Thursday night, police said. […]

Onlanka News – by Walter Jayawardhana Just weeks after being freed by the government former Army Chief Sarath Fonseka has been provided with security by the government. […]

Onlanka News – by Walter Jayawardhana The Hindu featured the christening of fifteen baby elephants in Sri Lanka’s unique elephant orphanage and said the naming of the elephants were done according to traditional astrological principles after astrologers casted the elephant horoscopes. […]

Onlanka News – by Walter Jayawardhana Five Sri Lankan fishermen were taken into custody by Indian Coast Guard (ICG) at Tuticorin Tamil Nadu on Sunday morning. […]

Deputy Inspector General of Police of the Greater Colombo Area I M.Karunaratne has been transferred to the Puttlam District with immediate effect, according to service requirements, the Police headquarters announced today. Puttlam District DIG E.A. Edirisinghe has been appointed as the DIG Greater Colombo. […]

President Mahinda Rajapaksa yesterday met His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI at the Vatican in Rome. Earlier, during his visit to Britain in connection with the Diamond Jubilee celebrations of Queen Elizabeth II, President Rajapaksa had a series of useful meetings with a wide range of British political leaders. […]

Onlanka News –By Walter Jayawardhan A few days ago (June 5th and 6th), during the much publicised transit of Venus, microorganisms living in the upper layers of the clouds that shroud this planet would have reached Earth.  This is according to the latest research carried out by Professor Chandra Wickramasinghe and Dr. Janaki Wickramasinghe of […]

UPFA Parliamentarian Nishantha Muthuhettigama has requested former Army Commander Sarath Fonseka to join hands with President Mahinda Rajapaksa. […]