Category: Local News

The house belonging to Sri Lankan airline Chairman Nishantha Wickremesinghe, who is First Lady Shiranthi Rajapaksa’s brother, was robbed on Thursday night, police said. […]

Onlanka News – by Walter Jayawardhana Just weeks after being freed by the government former Army Chief Sarath Fonseka has been provided with security by the government. […]

Onlanka News – by Walter Jayawardhana The Hindu featured the christening of fifteen baby elephants in Sri Lanka’s unique elephant orphanage and said the naming of the elephants were done according to traditional astrological principles after astrologers casted the elephant horoscopes. […]

Onlanka News – by Walter Jayawardhana Five Sri Lankan fishermen were taken into custody by Indian Coast Guard (ICG) at Tuticorin Tamil Nadu on Sunday morning. […]

Deputy Inspector General of Police of the Greater Colombo Area I M.Karunaratne has been transferred to the Puttlam District with immediate effect, according to service requirements, the Police headquarters announced today. Puttlam District DIG E.A. Edirisinghe has been appointed as the DIG Greater Colombo. […]

President Mahinda Rajapaksa yesterday met His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI at the Vatican in Rome. Earlier, during his visit to Britain in connection with the Diamond Jubilee celebrations of Queen Elizabeth II, President Rajapaksa had a series of useful meetings with a wide range of British political leaders. […]

Onlanka News –By Walter Jayawardhan A few days ago (June 5th and 6th), during the much publicised transit of Venus, microorganisms living in the upper layers of the clouds that shroud this planet would have reached Earth.  This is according to the latest research carried out by Professor Chandra Wickramasinghe and Dr. Janaki Wickramasinghe of […]

UPFA Parliamentarian Nishantha Muthuhettigama has requested former Army Commander Sarath Fonseka to join hands with President Mahinda Rajapaksa. […]

Reginald Cooray leaves for Mumbai without attending function A Sri Lankan Minister, who had come here on Thursday to attend a programme at the Sugarcane Breeding Institute, had to leave for Mumbai without attending it after activists of the Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (MDMK), Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi (VCK), Periyar Dravidar Kazhagam (PDK) and Tamil Desa […]

People’s Liberation Army (PLA) of People’s Republic of China (PRC) is prepared to provide Sri Lanka with any assistance whatsoever in case of any emergency, catastrophe or otherwise, so said General Lisng Guanglie, Minister of National Defence, PRC during a meeting held at the PLA General Headquarters on Thursday (7) with Sri Lanka’s Army Chief […]

Onlanka News – By Walter Jayawardna Frustrated by the unending rivalry between his two sons for the succession of his party leadership the President of the DMK and Chairman of the Tamil Eelam Supporters Organization M.Karunanidhi has told on his 89th birthday that he would contest for the position if he was alive next year. […]

The number of military personnel deployed in the Jaffna Peninsula has been reduced to around 15,000 personnel.  This is a reduction of over 60 percent of troops deployed at the beginning of the humanitarian operation. […]

Onlanka News – By Walter Jayawardhana Chairman of the Tamil Eelam Supporters Association (TESO) and President of the DMK addressing a meeting held in Chennai to celebrate his 89th birthday vowed to create a separate state for Tamils in Sri Lanka. […]

Police investigating the killing of 28-year-old Iswaradasan Kedeshwaran aka ‘Kathee’ in the Trincomalee police division on the night of April 18, 2012 have arrested a pilot and an Air Force deserter. […]

Onlanka News – By Walter Jayawardhana The Hindu reported that Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa was forced to cancel a Speaking engagement in London’s business hub because security concerns after Tamil activists threatened to hold a large demonstration against alleged human rights abuses in Sri Lanka, Hasan Suroor  the Hindu’s London correspondent quoting the Sri […]

Planet Venus (R-black spot) transits in front of the Sun seen from the Observatory of Obuda, in Budapest on June 6, 2012. Astronomers and novice star-gazers worldwide trained their eyes and telescopes on the skies on June 6 for the last chance this lifetime to observe Venus track a near seven-hour path across the Sun. […]