Category: Local News

Onlanka News – by Walter Jayawardhana Mihin Lanka will connect Colombo to Madurai soon, Civil Aviation Minister Piyankara Jayaratne has assured Travel Club,The Hindu reported. […]

According to hospital sources Nimal Lakshapathiarachchi, a veteran in the radio and television industry, passed away a short while ago. […]

The Sri Lanka Muslim Congress (SLMC) will join the UPFA after winning the Eastern Provincial Council. In the past, on many occasions the UPFA allowed many political parties to contest alone keeping their own identities and this is not the first time it has happened. It depends on the uniqueness and requirements of relevant areas, […]

Onlanka News – by Walter Jayawardhana Speaking about the rampant corruption in the country Former Army Commander Sarath Fonseka said at a meeting at Kottawa he was often reminded of his grandfather who built a house with three rooms. His father who became a headmaster of a school also was able to build a house […]

Onlanka News – by Walter Jayawardhana The Hindu newspaper in a strongly written op-ed piece said veteran politician Karunanidhi’s attempt to revive a forum called Tamil Eelam Supporters Organization, a mid 1980’s created platform to drum up support  for a separate Tamil nation in Sri Lanka is something incongruous in the current political context. […]

Onlanka News – by Walter Jayawardhana Following bargaing with Sri Lanka’s governing party and Opposition United National Party about the number of seats it could get at the forthcoming provincial council elections the Sri Lanka Muslim Congress has now decided to go it alone as neither parties did not want to have an election pact […]

The Indian Naval Ship “Chetlat” arrived at the Port of Trincomalee on 18th July 2012. Ship’s Commanding Officer, Lieutenant Commander Nitin Gupta, accompanied by Indian Defence Adviser to Sri Lanka Captain Sumeet Kapoor, paid a courtesy call on the Commander Eastern Naval Area Rear Admiral Jayanath Colombage. They held cordial discussions and exchange mementos as […]

  Two burnt female bodies were found early this morning from a house in Kotaketana in Kahawatta, Police Media spokesman SP Ajith Rohana said. […]

Sri Lanka’s People’s Leasing Company, a subsidiary of state-owned People’s Bank, will issue up to $150 million of senior unsecured notes, the company said on Wednesday, a day after the country successfully sold a $1 billion, 10-year eurobond. […]

The wage demands of the university lecturers are not sensible, Higher Education Minister S.B. Dissanayake stated in parliament today (July 18) in reply to a statement made by JVP MP Anura Kumara Dissanayake. […]

The Mannar police used tear gas to disperse protesters who attacked Police personnel and the court complex in Mannar with stones a short while ago. Over 500 protesters gathered in front of the Mannar town against the court order which was issued by the Mannar Magistrate’s Court last Friday, for the arrest of 16 fishermen. […]

Army Commander Jagath Jayasuriya said that unlike some of previous commanders he always listens to everyone who comes to him. […]

President Mahinda Rajapaksa said that everyone is duty-bound to protect children from child abuse if they are to wipe out this menace faced by the younger generation. The President was addressing the recipients of “Ranbima deeds” at Temple Trees yesterday. […]

Onlanka News – by Walter Jayawardhana The Tamil Eelam Supporters Organisation (TESO), a forum started by DMK leader M. Karunanidhi,  has dropped the demand to create a Tamil Eelam as expected earlier  in its theme paper issued on Monday July 16 […]

Onlanka News – By Janaka Alahapperuma (Pix by: Sudath Silva) The National Plantation Awards Ceremony 2012, the first of its kind in Sri Lanka was held at Temple Trees recently under the patronage of President Mahinda Rajapaksa. The award ceremony was being held to recognize the contribution made to the national economy by the growers, […]

Onlanka News – by Walter Jayawardhana Sri Lankan scientists have discovered a new genus of freshwater fish and named them Dawkinsia after the world renown evolutionary scientist and aethist, who wrote the popular book, God Delusion. […]