Category: Local News

Kalutara district UNP MP Palitha Thevarapperuma yesterday claimed that the Prisons Department was yet to settle Rs. 60 to former Army Commander Sarath Fonseka […]

Onlanka News – By Janaka Alahapperuma (Pix by: Sudath Silva) President Mahinda Rajapaksa arrived in Kuwait to attend the First Asia Cooperation Dialogue (ACD) Summit today on 15 September. Sri Lankan President was warmly received by the Amir of Kuwait Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah at Amiri International Airport in Kuwait. […]

A 29-year-old woman in Kegalle gave birth to quintuplets – two boys and three girls – at the Kandy General Hospital this morning, Hospital authorities said. They said the babies, who are being kept in an incubator are reportedly in good health. This is said to be the second set of quintuplets born in Sri […]

The Hambegamuwa police, acting on a tip-off, yesterday arrested a person for transporting cannabis (ganja) in the official vehicle of the Thanamalwila Divisional Secretary. […]

Ms. Karin Hulshof, UNICEF Regional Director for South Asia and Mr. Reza Hossaini, Representative of UNICEF Sri Lanka at South Asia paid a courtesy call on President Mahinda Rajapaksa yesterday. […]

The maximum age for the government servants for retirement has been extended to 60 years from the current age limit of 57 years in response to many requests made to the government by the public servants. […]

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Thursday affirmed India’s commitment for a political solution to the Sri Lankan Tamils issue during a meeting with TNA leaders, who would now consider joining a Parliamentary committee provided Colombo assures they will not be “cheated again“. […]

Former Navy Commander Admiral Somathilake Dissanayake was appointed as the Presidential Adviser on Maritime Affairs by President Mahinda Rajapaksa with effect from 08 October. He retired as the Sri Lanka Navy commander recently. […]

The Executive Committee of the Federation of University Teachers’ Association (FUTA) yesterday decided to end their three month strike and resume work today. […]

The Federation of University Teachers Association will not be participating in the special press conference which was scheduled to be held this afternoon, in conjunction with Economic Development Minister Basil Rajapaksa. […]

Economic Development Minister Basil Rajapaksa met Dr.Mohan Kaul, Chairman of the Commonwealth Business Council (CBC) at the Ministry on Wednesday (10). […]

All heads of Local Government institutions should dedicate themselves to serve the people in their areas by identifying their needs properly, President Mahinda Rajapaksa said. He said so when he met Local Government institution Heads at Temple Trees on Tuesday. […]

Around 30 visitors including several foreigners have been stranded inside the Minneriya National Park, in the North Central Province, after a stream flooded due to heavy rain. […]

The Ministry of National Languages and Social Integration has decided to introduce a special hotline to solve language issues. […]

Police sources informed that on Sunday when the T 20 world cup match ended at the R. Premadasa Stadium a DIG had slapped a SSP and an attempt was now being made to hush it. […]

Sri Lanka announced it would raise defence spending by over 25 percent in 2013, more than three years after security forces ended a decades-long separatist war with Tamil rebels. […]