Category: Local News

The first Dhamma School in Jaffna will be opened on September 30 to revive Buddhism in the North which suffered neglect under three decades of LTTE terrorism. […]

Onlanka News – By Janaka Alahapperuma from London The International Cricket Council (ICC) – Europe together with Syed Kamall, member of the European Parliament representing UK, Chairman of European Parliamentary Cricket Inter Group and the International Cricket Council hosted a two day event from 25 to 26 September at the European Parliament promoting the game […]

A two-day photographic exhibition capturing in graphic detail Sri Lanka before and after the 30-year conflict attracted a wide cross-section of foreign and local dignitaries. […]

Customs officials at international airport arrested the two accused within 15 minutes of each other on Tuesday morning; both tried sneaking the gold by hiding it in their clothes CUSTOMS officials at Mumbai’s international airport arrested two Sri Lankan nationals in the wee hours of Tuesday, within 15 minutes of each other, trying to smuggle […]

Police investigations have revealed that the killing of six women in the Kahawatte area was masterminded by a group led by a local government politician from the Ratnapura area. […]

President Mahinda Rajapaksa participated in special religious observances at the Jaya Sri Maha Bodhi and Ruwanweli Seya in Anuradhapura yesterday in memory of Prime Ministers SWRD Bandaranaike and Sirimavo Bandaranaike and other former SLFP stalwarts including Ministers Maithripala Senanayake and K B Ratnayake. […]

Under the student exchange programme between Sri Lankan schools and Gymnasium Isernhagen in Hanover, Germany, which started in 2007, five students from Colombo Ladies College visited Isernhagen Gymnasium in Germany. The association SLAGI organized the exchange programme. […]

Rear Admiral Jayanath Colombage has been appointed as the new Commander of the Navy by His Excellency the President Mahinda Rajapaksa. Rear Admiral Colombage will be the 18th Commander to head the Sri Lanka Navy. […]

The Sri Lanka delegation to the 21st Session of the Human Rights Council in Geneva is continuing to engage with the relevant Interactive Dialogues with Special Procedures Mandate Holders and Working Groups. […]

COLOMBO, Sept. 25 (Xinhua) — Following strong protests by Sri Lankan Muslims, a Cabinet Minister here on Tuesday called for the controversial anti-Islam film to be banned in the country. […]

Actress, Malini Fonseka is set to take her oaths as a Parliamentarian again on October 9 when the next parliamentary session is scheduled to be held. […]

President Mahinda Rajapakse emphasized that all Sri Lankans will be treated alike whether they live in the South, the North, or in the East or the West, as all are Sri Lankans.  He said that benefits of the development should be passed on to everyone without any kind of discrimination. […]

The Attorney General yesterday indicted in the Colombo High Court three LTTE cadres for the attempted murder of General Sarath Fonseka, in collaboration with LTTE suicide bomber. Altogether 23 charges were filed, including the major charges of attempted murder, and aiding and abetting in the same offence. […]

The death anniversary of former Prime Minister S.W.R.D Bandaranaike will be commemorated at a solemn ceremony at the Bandaranaike Samadhi, Horagolla today under the patronage of President Mahinda Rajapaksa. […]

Onlanka News – By Janaka Alahapperuma (Pix by: President Media Photo Division) Former North-Central Province Council (NCPC) Chief Minister Berty Premalal Dissanayake who demanded that he should be reappointed to the post was sworn in before President Mahinda Rajapaksa as member of NCP Council at President’s House last night. Dissanayake was a notable absentee at […]

The Embassy of Sri Lanka in Seoul in association with the Sri Lanka Tourism Promotion Bureau initiated a number of activities in the hope of promoting Sri Lanka as a key tourist destination among Koreans. […]