Category: Local News

Despite objections by Sri Lanka’s Permanent Representative to the UN Tamara Kunanayakam of herself being transferred from her post, Sri Lanka’s ambassador to Belgium, Luxembourg and the EU Ravinatha Aryasinha has been appointed the new Permanent Representative to the UN, informed sources said. […]

A blessings ceremony by a world Sangha congregation for global peace to mark the 2600th anniversary of the Buddha’s Enlightenment, began at the Nelum Pokuna(Lotus Pond) theatre in Colombo yesterday under the patronage of President Mahinda Rajapaksa. Over 500 members of Maha Sangha from 30 countries joined over 1,000 members of Maha Sangha from Sri […]

Onlanka News – By Walter Jayawardhana The Hindu said the Sri Lankan entry “Abinikmana”, the directorial debut of theatre personality Hector Kumarasiri at the Buddhist film festival in New Delhi was well appreciated. […]

The Central Bank today forecast a higher inflation rate and lower growth for this year stimulated by negative local and global economic factors but added that the situation was under control. […]

Colombo, May 8 (Xinhua-ANI): Sri Lanka said Tuesday that part of jet fuel imported from a British company in Singapore had been contaminated and was rejected. […]

Colombo Additional Magistrate Prasanna Alwis today said there was no need to issue an arrest warrant on MP Duminda Silva, as the CID had not informed Court that they were unable to arrest the suspect. […]

The police department will from today strictly implement the law which only allows three passengers to travel on the rear seat of a three-wheeler. […]

Maize is to be exported for the first time in Sri Lanka. The government has taken measures to export maize within the next two weeks, said Agriculture Minister Mahinda Yapa Abeywardane. “Sri Lanka is already self-sufficient in maize. The surplus will be exported to Canada, Taiwan, etc. The annual local requirement of maize is 180,000 […]

  Onlanka News – By Walter Jayawardhana While most Asian countries are planning to exploit the occasion of 2,600 years of enlightenment of Buddha, seven Indian states having Buddhist heritage have not spent anything substantial to tap tourists from Buddhist-majority Asian tiger economies and China, during the last two decades .complained the Times of India […]

Onlanka News – By Walter Jayawardhana A chemical found in turmeric an essential ingredient in curry Sri Lankans daily eat is to be tested for its ability to kill bowel cancer tumours in patients. […]

President Mahinda Rajapaksa yesterday noted that an improved road network has reduced travel time between areas, supplemented development and established closer links between people. “The government’s emphasis on developing roads has ensured that people spend less time for travel and have more time for work. I feel like the country has become smaller due to […]

SEOUL (AFP) – A fierce blaze swept through a karaoke lounge in a busy commercial district of the South Korean city of Busan, killing nine people including three Sri Lankans, police said on Sunday. […]

Onlanka News – By Walter Jayawardhana The Vesak moon will be closest to the earth on Sunday May 6 than it is on any other night in entire year 2012 and hence it will appear very much larger. […]

Onlanka News – By Janaka Alahapperuma (Pix by: Sudath Silva) President Mahinda Rajapaksa and Japanese Deputy Prime Minister Katsuya Okada engaged in an inspection tour of the 150-megawatt Upper Kotmale Hydro Power Project this morning on 05 May. The power plant project was launched in 2006 with financial assistance from the government of Japan. […]

Convicted. Ramanan Mylvaganam leaves Brampton courthouse with supporters after being released on $680,000 bail in 2006. File photo The United States Department of Justice will ask a federal judge to impose a 15-year prison sentence on a Malton man who pleaded guilty to his role in a 2006 terror plot to supply Sri Lanka’s Tamil […]

Colombo, May 4 (IANS) Sri Lanka will set up a centre to address human-elephant conflicts in the country, Deputy Economic Minister Lakshman Yapa Abeywaradana said Friday. […]