Category: Local News

Don’t seek exclusive rights to Sri Lanka, Rajiv Wijesinghe tells India,

Onlanka News – By Walter Jayawardhana India should not feel awkward about the Chinese presence in Sri Lanka since there is plenty of room for both declared Member of Parliament and Presidential advisor Rajiv Wijesinghe in an interview in New Delhi. In a stopover in the Indian capital while travelling to Nepal Wijesinghe said India […]





INDIAN PARLIAMENTARY DELEGATION WILL INTERACT WITH ELECTED TAMIL REPRESENTATIVES

Onlanka News – By Walter Jayawardhana In response to Chief Minister Jayalalitha’s allegation that the Indian parliamentary team would become a public relations event for the Rajapaksa’s other than serving any useful purposes India has announced that the Indian delegation would get the opportunity of interacting with all elected parliamentarians of the Tamils when they […]



Sri Lanka’s First Family celebrates Sinhala and Hindu New Year

Onlanka News – By Janaka Alahapperuma (Pix by Sudath Silva) When the entire country is gripped in a happy and festive mood after officially lifting tsunami danger, Sri Lankans celebrated the traditional Sinhala and Hindu New Year in usual grand style. According to the astrological charts, the most eagerly awaited National New Year dawned at […]



INDIA TODAY SAYS JAYALALITHA UPSET NEW DELHI’S PLAN TO PACIFY THE RUFFLED FEATHERS OF SRI LANKA

Onlanka News – By Walter Jayawardhana The India Today magazine said Jayalalitha’s withdrawal of her nominee from the all-party parliamentary delegation to Sri Lanka has upset Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s calculations who is bending over backwards to pacify the ruffled feathers of Sri Lanka after the vote at the UNHRC meeting in Geneva. […]



‘Chance to build a nation with respect for HR’

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in a message greeting all Sri Lankans around the world for the Sinhala and Tamil New Year said that it gives an opportunity to help build a democratic nation defined by-tolerance and respect for human rights. […]





JAYALALITHA WITHDRAWS HER PARTY DELEGATE FROM TEAM OF MPS TO SRI LANKA IN PROTEST

Onlanka News – By Walter Jayawardhana Tamil Nadu’s Chief Minister and and General Secretary  of the AIADMK Jayalalitha Jeyaram said her party would boycott the 15 member parliamentary delegation scheduled to visit Sri Lanka on a fact finding mission scheduled April 16 arguing it may prove an eyewash. […]



Ashanthi wins Best Pop Act music award

Best Pop Act Ashanthi (Sri Lanka) (1st place) Chris Schermer (Austria)(2nd place) Worren Webbe (India) (3rd place) Feritta (Australia) (4th place) Allegro Fudge (India) (5th place) Stars and rabbit (Indonesia) (6th place) […]






TSUNAMI WARNING ISSUED !

TSUNAMI BULLETIN NUMBER 005 PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER/NOAA/NWS ISSUED AT 1151Z 11 APR 2012 THIS BULLETIN IS FOR ALL AREAS OF THE INDIAN OCEAN. -AN INDIAN-OCEAN-WIDE TSUNAMI WATCH IS IN EFFECT -A MAJOR AFTERSHOCK OCCURRED AT 1043Z WITH MAGNITUDE 8.3 … THE WATCH AREA IS NOW REDUCED … A TSUNAMI WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR […]