Category: Local News

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. […]

President MahindaRajapaksa has promised to free jailed former army chief SarathFonseka unconditionally and at the earliest opportunity, the ex-general’s wife said on Thursday, AFP reported. […]

Onlanka News – By Walter Jayawardhana Dr. Mahinda Balasuriya, Sri Lanka’s former police chief will be teaching counter terrorism and how Sri Lanka defeated the 30 year terror reign of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) at his alma mater in Vadodara ( formerly Baroda) in the Indian state of Gujarat. […]

Dr. Telli C Rajaratnam Diplomats do a very important job for their countries. Almost every country in existence has  diplomats who are sent out to various countries for the purposes of negotiating and mediating relations between the two governments. […]

  Onlanka News – By Walter Jayawardhana The packed audience at the Ravindra Bharathi National Theatre in Hyderabad, the capital of the state of Andra Pradesh, pledged to strive for everything that would make the dream  of a casteless society a reality on the occasion of a release of a compact disk entitled, “Buddham Saranam” […]

Jailed former Army Commander of Sri Lanka Sarath Fonseka, who led the Eelam war IV against the Tamil Tigers and helped win it, is set to be released shortly. […]

American Sri Lankan Foundation (ASLF) recently launched ‘LANKA POST’ newspaper in New York City, USA. The inaugural ceremony was held at the Permanent Mission of Sri Lanka to the United Nations in New York, USA, on 28th April 2012 with the presence of Ambassador Dr. Palitha T.B. Kohona and Deputy Permanent Representative, Ambassador Major General […]

A program called ‘Kreedawata Arunella’ (Dawn for sports) has been launched by the Matara district Parliamentarian, and the former Sri Lankan Cricket Captain Sanath Jayasuriya to help under privileged schools to improve sports talents of school children in the Matara district. […]

Onlanka News – By Walter Jayawardhana Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa’s secretary Lalith Weeratunga alleged India had a big hand in the mid-eighties in the planning and executing terrorist strikes in Sri Lanka while India, Britain and France made intense pressure on the President to stop the war when Sri Lanka was on the verge […]

The book launching ceremony of ‘Gota’s War an introspective collection of events that led to the crushing of Tamil Tiger Terrorism in Sri Lanka documented by veteran journalist C.A. Chandraperuma was held this evening (14th May) at the Grand Ballroom of the Waters Edge in Battaramulla. […]

Onlanka News – By Janaka Alahapperuma (Pix by: Sudath Silva) Opposition leader and the leader of the United National Party (UNP) Ranil Wickramasinghe called on President Mahinda Rajapaksa at Temple Trees this morning on 14 May, a Senior Spokesperson from the President’s Media Unit said. […]

Onlanka News – By Walter Jayawardhana Dr. B.R. Ambedkar.the greatest Buddhist modern India produced was a genius who overcame difficult situations and upheld the right of the neglected sections of society, like the so called untouchables, Vishweshwar Hegde Kageri, District in-charge Minister of Uttara Kannada, said here in Karwar in the Uttara Kannada, India. […]

The Victory Day parade marking the third anniversary of the vanquishing of the ruthless LTTE terrorism from the country and end of the 30 years of terrorist atrocity which resulted in the death of several thousand innocent people of this country and destruction of millions worth property, will be held on May 19 at the […]

  Two years after the decisive battle in which the Tamil Tigers were vanquished, Sri Lankan security forces made their biggest-ever haul recovering 6,250 kg of hidden LTTE explosives. […]

President Mahinda Rajapaksa on Saturday said that he had not enjoyed the luxury of hot water showers while he was in prison. […]

Gen. Sarath Fonseka will be released soon, as a result of President Mahinda Rajapaksa’s one-on-one talks with Democratic National Alliance (DNA) MP Tiran Alles, according to authoritative government sources. […]