Category: Local News

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. […]

Describing as “an insult to injury” Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa’s assertion that his country would not bow to outside pressure and withdraw the Army from the North, the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) president M. Karunanidhi on Sunday said the Tamil Eelam Supporters Organisation (TESO)would soon organise a conference to discuss these issues and take […]

Onlanka News – By Walter Jayawardhana As a strong message to the politicians who govern the country, the most venerable Agga Maha Panditha   the Supreme Maha Nayaka of the Sri Lanka Amarapura Sangha Sabha  Dauldena Gnanissara said that  “Dasa Raja Dharma” should be practiced by rulers when the former Army Commander Sarath Fonseka visited him […]

Bollywood Superstars Preity Zinta and Vivek Oberoi arrived in Sri Lanka a short while ago to attend the Carlton Super 7’s tournament today at the Bogambara Grounds in Kandy, organizers said. […]

Today is the 42nd anniversary of President Mahinda Rajapaksa having first entered Parliament as its youngest MP in 1970. […]