Category: Local News

President Mahinda Rajapaksa yesterday said Sri Lanka, which was battered by brutal terrorism for 30 years, is now regaining its place as an important hub for trade and commerce in the region. ‘Today, the Sri Lankan people are moving forward and are readying to consolidate peace and reach economic prosperity. That can only be done […]

Onlanka News – By Walter Jayawardhana The Hindu newspaper in a front page news item said that contrary to speculation that a procedural snag is delaying the release of former Army Commander Sarath Fonseka the stage has been  set for the release. […]

Onlanka News – By Walter Jayawardhana The BBC said on Saturday that Sri Lanka’s President Mahinda Rajapakse had ordered the release of the jailed former army chief, Sarath Fonseka on Monday. […]

President Mahinda Rajapaksa has signed relevant papers to release ex-Army chief Sarath Fonseka. According to Presidential spokesman the papers will be sent to Justice ministry on Monday for further actions. […]

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton Friday praised Sri Lanka’s plan to implement post-conflict recommendations made by an independent commission recently, during a meeting with Prof. G.L. Peiris, Sri Lanka’s minister of external affairs. […]

Onlanka News – ByWalter Jayawardhana The famous Kapilawasthu relics in a New Delhi’s Museum  will travel to Sri Lanka once again for the exposition and veneration of millions of Sri Lanka Buddhists. […]

MUMBAI: Bookie Sonu Yogendra Jalan alias Malad has told the crime branch that he paid Rs 10 crore to a Sri Lankan cricket player for fixing a match. He also mentioned that some Indian cricketers were also involved in match fixing, sources said. […]

Colombo, May 19 (Xinhua-ANI): Sri Lanka will not tolerate outside interference in its reconciliation process but would accept development assistance from their foreign partners, the President said here on Saturday. […]

Sri Lankan nation, today (19 May) celebrated the third anniversary of the triumph over one of the most ruthless terrorist outfits in the world, the LTTE, at a glittering ceremony held at the Galle Face Green in Colombo under the patronage of H.E President Mahinda Rajapaksa. […]

Sri Lanka’s Minister of External Affairs, Prof. G.L. Peiris, took part in a series of Capitol Hill meetings Wednesday on his second day of the four-day official visit to Washington, discussing with members of the House of Representatives Sri Lanka’s progress in post-conflict reconciliation and development, as well as reform measures that are designed to […]

Colombo High Court Judge Sunil Rajapakse, yesterday granted conditional bail to General Sarath Fonseka. His passport was impounded. He could go overseas only with the permission of the Court. […]

Onlanka News – By Walter Jayawardhana British and European parliamentarians said in a letter to Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singhe that they are deeply concerned about Tamil Nadu’s Kudankulam nuclear power plant as it is located in a an earth-quake and tsunami prone area, factors that push accidents. […]

Colombo High Court short while granted conditional cash bail of Rs. one million with two sureties of Rs. 2.5 million each on former army commander Sarath Fonseka in the case of harboring army deserters during the presidential election. […]

COLOMBO (Reuters) – Sri Lanka’s cabinet has formally backed President Mahinda Rajapaksa’s move to free his ailing former army chief Sarath Fonseka, a spokesman said, a proposal seen as a bid to quell criticism of the government and its human rights record. […]

Onlanka News – By Walter Jayawardhana One of India’s famous comic book artists Bharath Murthy recently told the Hindu newspaper that he first got converted himself to be a Buddhist and now writing and drawing a comic book, “The Vanished Path” a travelogue related to the Life of Buddha and the historic sites connected with […]

Onlanka News – By Walter Jayawardhana 1500 years old ruins of a Buddhist temple  have been discovered in China’s largest desert, offering valuable insight for historians studying Buddhism’s spread from India to China, Xinhua news agency reported. […]