Category: Local News

The full capacity of 300 megawatts of the Yugadanawi power plant in Kerawalapitiya which was paralysed due to a technical failure, has been added to the national power grid from Thursday. […]

People with mild mental illnesses such as anxiety or depression are more likely to die early, say researchers. They looked at the premature deaths from conditions such as heart disease and cancer of 68,000 people in England. […]

Onlanka News – by Walter Jayawardhana Pakistani officials in Lahore said a terrorist wanted for alleged involvement in the 2009 attack on the Sri Lankan cricket team was killed in a shootout with police in Pakistan’s Punjab province,  on Thursday. […]

Police on Thursday worked to control a group of residents who engaged in a protest opposite the Thambuththegama Police with the body of a woman who was killed in an accident. […]

The final Randoli Perahera of the Kandy Esala Festival paraded the streets amid a large number of foreign and local visitors last night. The annual Kandy Esala Perahera is the largest Buddhist festival and the most colourful cultural pageant in Sri Lanka. […]

Six school children were injured in an accident that took place on the Colombo-Kandy road in the Horagolla area of Nittambuwa this morning (August 2), police stated. […]

The US government revealed that the LTTE remains in its list of foreign terrorist organizations while stating in the same report that the Sri Lankan government has used the fear of possible reemergence of the LTTE to maintain a strong military presence in past conflict areas. […]

The International Monetary Fund has urged Sri Lanka to focus more on sales to India and China to boost its faltering exports and support economic growth. […]

Sri Lankan cricketer Kumar Sangakkara is among five international stars nominated for this year’s people’s choice award, the International Cricket Council said. […]

Refugees from Sri Lanka arrive for processing at Christmas Island last month. Photo: Sharon Tisdale Sri Lanka’s navy arrested a boatload of people heading to Australia and raised the number of would-be illegal immigrants detained this month to a record 500, according to an official. […]

Measures will be taken to switch off 50 per cent of all street lamps across the country starting from August 01, the Ministry of Power and Energy said today. […]

Sri Lanka’s rupee ended weaker on importer demand for dollars on Monday while the island nation’s stock market inched higher on retail buying. […]

Incidents of societal abuses or discrimination based on religious affiliation, belief, or practice were reported in Sri Lanka last year, the United States said on Monday. […]

President Mahinda Rajapaksa yesterday said that the door to the government was similar to that of a salon door. […]

President Mahinda Rajapaksa yesterday told newspaper editors at Temple Trees that what he envisaged as a solution to the on-going university strike was a win-win situation. He said the strikers had to appreciate the difficulties of the government and be realistic. Insisting that the university teachers were better paid than even the judges of the […]

Six persons swept away by strong currents while swimming in the sea near the Kirinda beach were rescued by a team of lifeguards. […]