Category: Local News

President Mahinda Rajapaksa’s official visit to Thailand has been very successful. During the discussions held with Thai Prime Minister Mrs. Yingluck Shinawatra she has said that Thailand will give its fullest support to develop agriculture, fisheries and educational sectors of Sri Lanka. […]

Sanath Jayasuriya, the swashbuckling Sri Lankan World Cup winning cricketer, is the prime attraction on season 5 of an Indian TV’s celebrity dance show ‘Jhalak Dikhlaa Jaa’, Indian Today reported. […]

LIOC has announced that it will increase the price of a litre of diesel by Rs.2 with effect from midnight today, the Managing Director of the LIOC stated. […]

On completion of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Standby Arrangement (SBA) of US$2.6 billion next month, Sri Lanka will start negotiations with the IMF for another US$500 million Security Arrangement (SA), International Monetary Cooperation Senior Minister Sarath Amunugama said yesterday. […]

Two partly burnt female bodies were recovered from a fire gutted house at Warapitiya in Kahawatta, Police said today (May 31). […]

Media Minister Keheliya Rambukwella reacting to the United States call for a ‘speedy and transparent judicial process” regarding the ex LTTE carders said that the Government has an action plan regarding the issue and are working according to it. […]

Adding another historical chapter to the military literature, a book titled “Prabakarange Elam Sihinaya Sunu Vinusu Kala Ranaviruwo” was officially presented to the Secretary Defence yesterday (29 May) at his office. […]

TNA MP Suresh Premachandran refuting recent remarks made by Defence Secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa said that the statement was a prelude to changing the demographic patterns of the North. […]

Four persons were arrested while they were digging for treasure in a private property using a backhoe in the Padiyatalawa area, police stated. […]

President Mahinda Rajapaksa arrived at Suvarnabhumi Airport in Bangkok for a fourday visit to Thailand yesterday. Deputy Prime Minister of Thailand, Yongyoot Wichaidit welcomed President at the Airport. Sri Lanka has become a country where all communities could live together in harmony and has entered the development path after ending a 30 year war, said […]

Defence Secretary Mr. Gotabhaya Rajapaksa in an interview with the BBC has said it is not appropriate to view the Northern part of Sri Lanka, over which a separatist war was fought, as a predominantly Tamil area. […]

The Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka has requested the Ceylon Electricity Board to provide all information pertaining to the calculation of electricity bills, including taxes, subsidies and any other charges related to electricity consumed, Director General of PUCSL Damitha Kumarasinghe in a media release states. […]

Onlanka News – By Walter Jayawardhana The Ilankai Thamil Arasu Katchi (The tamil name for Sri Lanka Tamil Government Party) has refused to revisit its constitution which seeks the establishment of a separate stateat its 14th National Convention in Batticaloa recently charged the Hindu newspaper. […]

RURAL PERSPECTIVE A painting by Kappari Kishan Onlanka News – By Walter Jayawardhana Kappan Kishan is a Buddhist artist from Telangana province of Andra Pradesh, South India. The people from the region like to call their area as the seat of Buddhism in India. “These women, according to me, are devotees of Buddha. In this […]

“The Metro Colombo Urban Development Project and its successful implementation, together with other initiatives of the Government to develop Colombo, will help transform this city into a truly world class one”, said Secretary to the Ministry of Defence and Urban Development Mr. Gotabaya Rajapaksa today morning (May 28). […]

UNP Rantnapura District MP Dunesh Gankanda, who was wanted over an alleged assault incident, has surrendered to Kollupitiya police today. […]