Category: Local News

Onlanka News – By Walter Jayawardhana Responding on the threat by the Attorney General’s Department on Ms. Hirunika Premachandra, the AsianHuman Rights Commission has said it is the the CID who should be charged with contempt of Court rather than the murder  victim’s daughter Hirunika. […]

A major fire has broken out at a fuel station in front of the Dehiwala –Mount Lavinia Municipal Council. The Fire brigade has been deployed to douse the fire, Police said. […]

Onlanka News – By Walter Jayawardhana Sri Lanka’s Housing Minister and leader of the National Freedom Front, a constituent party of the governing coalition,Wimal Weerawansa criticized forrmer Army Commander Sarath Fonseka for saying Sri Lanka must cooperate with  any international inquiry into war crimes they allege since we did not do such crimes. […]

SupremeSAT (Pvt) Ltd. signed the investment agreement with the Board of Investment yesterday with very ambitious plans to take Sri Lanka into the global space race. […]

Onlanka News – By Walter Jayawardhana Sri Lanka Army’s former commander  Sarath Fonseka rejected accusations that thousands of civilians had been killed in the closing phase of the army’s offensive against the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam in an interview with BBC’s Charles Haviland in Colombo.. […]

Onlanka News – By Walter Jayawardhana Sri Lanka’s main opposition the United National Party has appointed a committee chaired by Wijedasa Rajapaksa to draft a private member’s bill to win back the civic rights  of the former Commander of army Sarath Fonseka , said the party’s General Secretary, Tissa Attanayaka. […]

  A weapons manufacturing hideout in the Dediyagala area in Akuressa was raided by the Matara Division Anti-vice Squad where they found hundreds of half-built guns similar to T56 assault rifles. […]

Former Army Commander Sarath Fonseka, who was released on a special presidential pardon on Monday, is to form a new political party named, ‘Democratic Party’ led by him, MP Jayantha Ketagoda said. […]

Onlanka News – By Walter Jayawardhana Although President Rajapaksa has released him from incarceration with a ban on elections for the next seven years Sri Lanka’s ex- Army Chief Sarath Fonseka is to work hard to build a stronger opposition in the country , he said in his first interview out of jail. […]

Onlanka News – By Walter Jayawardhana The Hindu newspaper said the Presidential release granted to his incarcerated rival General Sarath Fonseka is a conditional one and he cannot contest an election for the next seven years. […]

President Mahinda Rajapaksa, currently on a State visit to Qatar met Prime Minister and the Foreign Minister of Foreign Affairs of the State of Qatar, Hamad bin Jassim bin Jaber Al Thani on Sunday. […]

Former army chief Sarath Fonseka (L) having a dinner with his wife Anoma (R) following Fonseka’s release from prison, at their residence in Colombo on May 21, 2012. Sri Lanka’s ex-army chief Sarath Fonseka was released from prison May 21 after he was jailed following his unsuccessful bid to unseat the president in 2010, and […]

  Those who pick pockets had their day at Nawaloka Hospital yesterday when a thief managed to pinch a purse of a young man during the rush when former army commander Sarath Fonseka was taken out of hospital after he was discharged. […]

Onlanka News –By Walter Jayawardhana Sri Lanka’s jailed Commander of Army General Sarath Fonseka accusing he was taken away from his people for political vendetta said the people would serve justice for the injustice that was brought upon him. […]

Former Army Commander Sarath Fonseka was released from the Welikada prison a short while ago after being granted a Presidential pardon. […]

Onlanka News – By Walter Jayawardhana London’s Guardian newspaper indicated that the release of the former Army Commander Sarath Fonseka had a link with the demand of the United States from Sri Lanka to have a better record of human rights and release Fonseka. […]