Category: Local News

Onlanka News – By Janaka Alahapperuma (Pix by: Sudath Silva) Four foreign envoys including three Ambassadors and a High Commissioner, presented their credentials to President Mahinda Rajapaksa at a ceremony which was held at the Presidential Secretariat today on 26 June 2012. Accordingly three (3) new Ambassadors from Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Republic of […]

Onlanka News – By Janaka Alahapperuma (Pix By: Nalin Hewapathirana) A financial donation with a worth of Rs. 75 million from the Employees Trust Fund (ETF) was made as scholarship grants to nearly 5000 students who excelled in last year’s Grade Five scholarship examination, at Temple Trees yesterday on 26 June. […]

Sri Lanka’s Budget Airline, the Mihin Lanka Airlines is to commence services to the Chennai Airport from next September.  An agreement in this connection has been reached with the Chennai airport authorities. […]

At least one person was killed and three injured due to a major fire in a tyre store in Mt. Lavinia this morning, police said. The reason for the fire is yet to be established. […]

President Mahinda Rajapkasa yesterday instructed government officials to provide immediate relief and assistance to farmers affected by the drought. The President gave the above instructions during an urgent meeting convened yesterday to look into the difficulties faced by farmers of the North Central Province due to drought. It was attended by politicians, farmers, and government […]

Onlanka News – by Dr. Telli C Rajaratnam COMMANDER IN CHIEF OF THE ARMED FORCES PRESIDENT RAJAPAKSA AUTHORIZED THE MILITARY STRATEGIES OF DEFENCE SECRETARY GOTABHAYA RAJAPAKSA TO RESCUE THE INHABITANTS OF THE NORTH THE IMMINENT NECESSITY FOR MILITARY PRESENCE  IN THE INTERESTS OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE NORTH Liberated North We have just liberated the […]

The National Mosquito Control month declared for the first time by the Health Ministry in collaboration with the Presidential Task Force on Dengue begins today and will continue until July 25. […]

The Supreme Court today ordered the University Grants Commission (UGC) to annul z-score calculation for 2011 G.C.E. Advanced Level examination and to recalculate for old and new syllabus separately, Ada Derana reporter said. […]

The Police Headquarters has requested the public to be vigilant when driving along the Southern Expressway, during rainy weather. […]

The police Special Task Force took into custody two huge consignments of refuse tea being prepared for export at two locations on Saturday, having kept the illegal operation under surveillance for some time. […]

Five persons were killed following collision between a bus and a three-wheeler at Potuhera on Kurunegala-Alawwa main road, police spokesman SP Ajith Rohana said. […]

Onlanka News – by Walter Jayawardhana If moon’s Southern polar crater ice is confirmed it should lead to the discovery of life on the moon says a leading astrobiologist. […]

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa stressed the need for establishment of a new world order in their meeting in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on Friday. […]

President Mahinda Rajapaksa and Indian Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh on Thursday stressed they would not leave any room for a disruption of the longstanding ties and friendly relations between Sri Lanka and India. […]

Gigana Gamage Amarasiri alias Julampitiye Amare was identified by three of the four witnesses at the identification parade held at the Walasmulla Magistrate Court today, in connection with the Katuwana double murder case. […]

President Mahinda Rajapaksa in Brazil to attend the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development, Rio+20, met the President of Chile Sebastian Pinera and Bhutan’s Prime Minister Jigme Thinley at Rio de Janeiro on Wednesday. President Rajapaksa and President Pinera engaged in talks on the sidelines of the conference. […]