Category: Local News

(Onlanka News) – The demonstration was organzed by the National Organization for Protecting the Country and a peaceful foot proceeded with large crowds commenced from Independence Squar at 9.00 a.m proceeded via Bauddhaloka Mawatha,Thummulla, Bambalapitiya up to Kollupitiya. […]

Sarath Fonseka was acquitted by the Colombo High Court a short while ago of the charges brought against him in the Hicorp fraud case. […]

There is no media restriction in Sri Lanka, as it was in the past in which media personnel were summoned to the Parliament and they were punished. […]

Patients seeking treatment at state hospital OPDs can obtain prescribed drugs from Osu Sala outlets free of charge during the period of trade union action by paramedics, Health Minister Maithripala Sirisena said. […]

Godakawela UPFA Pradeshiya Sabha member L.H.Dharmasiri, who was absconding, has been arrested by a special police team in connection with the double murder in Kahawatta, Police said. […]

The Western countries including the European Union was unable to impose economic sanctions against Sri Lanka because of remittances being sent by the Overseas Heroes (Rata Wiruwos). […]

India has never supported country-specific resolutions at the United Nations Human Rights Commission Indian Parliament was told by its External Affairs Minister on Tuesday. […]

Minister Wimal Weerawansa has urged Sri Lankans to boycott American products because the US-sponsored resolution on the island at the UNHRC would encourage separatism. […]

The U.S. warned Tuesday that Sri Lanka risks renewed conflict unless it addresses war crimes allegations, while rights groups alleged that abuses by security forces continue, three years after fighting against Tamil rebels ended. […]

A new allegation levelled, that Prabhakaran’s 12-year son was killed in cold blood, is another concoction by British Channel 4 TV, Sri Lanka’s High Commissioner to India Prasad Kariyawasam said. In an interview with NDTV he said that the Channel 4 allegation is unsubstantiated, uncorroborated and not been checked by any authority. […]

President Mahinda Rajapaksa inspected the public jogging track opened near the Black Bridge (Kalu Palama) on Gampaha-Orutota road during a surprise visit yesterday morning and used it for his own morning constitutional. […]

The director-general of the Media Centre for National Security (MCNS), Lakshman Hulugalle today instructed news agencies that issue news alerts over mobile phone to obtain approval before they send out news relating to national security, the security forces or the police. […]

* ‘The Army Commander appointed the board about a month ago to formulate the Action Plan. The board has almost finished the draft’ An Action Plan detailing how recommendations of the Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission(LLRC) report could be implemented in the country’s North, will soon be handed over to the Ministry of Defense by […]

In the wake of UNP leader Ranil Wickremesinghe’s decision to remain noncommittal on the current United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) sessions in Geneva, where the government is battling a US-led resolution, UNP Deputy Leader Sajith Premadasa says that there is absolutely no basis for Western efforts to confront Sri Lanka over alleged accountability issues. […]

The Police will shortly introduce a Driver Improvement Point System, which was approved by Parliament last Thursday. This point system will be implemented in the near future. The Motor Traffic Department will network with the Police Department and judiciary through an online system to implement this special point system successfully. […]

Business class passengers, departing Bandaranaike International Airport on SriLankan Airlines, to any of its 34 online destinations, could avail of a unique ‘Silk Route’ offer which streamlines check-in, customs, immigration & security formalities […]