Onlanka News – by Walter Jayawardhana The Madhya Pradesh police took unprecedented security measures in view of President Rajapaksa’s visit to Sanchi to lay a foundation stone for a new university for Buddhist and Indic studies when it closed all roads to Sanchi to prevent MDMK party followers from reaching there to hold a black […]
Onlanka News – by Walter Jayawardhana Madya Pradesh police in India said over a dozen people from Tamil Nadu, including Vaiko led MDMK workers, were taken into preventive custody from Vidisha and Salamatpur near Sanchi in Madhya Pradesh where Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa will lay foundation stone for the Buddhist and Indic Studies University […]
Former Chief Minister of the North-Central Province Berty Premalal Dissanayake yesterday claimed that 120 UPFA LG members had handed over letters to the party hierarchy demanding that he be appointed the Chief Minister. Unless their wish was granted, they might even break ranks, he said […]
Onlanka News – By Janaka Alahapperuma (Pix by: Nalin Hewapathirana) President Mahinda Rajapaksa who is in India on a three day state visit primarily to lay foundation stone for the International University of Buddhist Studies in the historically important city of Sanchi in Madhya Pradesh held comprehensive deliberations with Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh on […]
Onlanka News – By Janaka Alahapperuma (Pix by Nalin Hewapathirana) President Mahinda Rajapaksa has called on his Indian counterpart, President Pranab Mukherjee at Rashtrapathi Bhavan on Thursday evening. The president and the Sri Lankan delegation were warmly welcomed by the Indian president. […]
H.E General (Retrd) Shantha Kottegoda, Ambassador of Sri Lanka in Bangkok presented letter of credence to His Majesty Preah Bat Samdech Preah Boromneath NORODOM SIHAMONI, the King of Cambodia on 7th of September 2012, concurrently accrediting him as Ambassador to the Kingdom of Cambodia as well. […]
At the invitation of the Speaker of Sri Lanka Parliament Chamal Rajapaksa, the Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress (NPC), Wu Bangguo representing the higher echelons of the leadership of the People’s Republic of China made a first ever historic visit to Sri Lanka from 15 – 18 September 2012. This […]
Onlanka News – by Walter Jayawardhana Over 1,000 Marumalarcha Drvida Munnetra Kazagam (MDMK) workers led by the outfit’s General Secretary Vaiko who were on their way to Sanchi in a convoy of 41 buses to protest against the visiting Sri Lanka President Mahinda Rajapaksa were stopped by the Madhya Pradesh police. […]
Onlanka News – By Janaka Alahapperuma (Pix by: Chandana Perera) President Mahinda Rajapaksa left on a three day official visit to India Wednesday afternoon (19 September). The President and his entourage arrived at the Palam Air Force Base in New Delhi and they were warmly greeted by an Indian delegation at the Airport. On arrival, […]
FILE PHOTO Amidst ongoing protests in Tamil Nadu, Sri Lankan president Mahinda Rajapaksa will have dinner on Thursday with Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in Delhi, where the latter is expected to raise the issue of effective devolution of powers in Tamil-majority areas in north and east of the island nation. […]