Category: Local News

Cinema as a popular cultural mouthpiece is trying to revive itself in Sri Lanka after 30 years of civil war, courtesy a bunch of progressive filmmakers, new stories – and post-production labs in India. […]

A Filipino national travelling to Sri Lanka from Qatar was arrested by the Police Narcotics Bureau for attempting to bring in a stock of drugs into the country. […]

Onlanka News – by Walter Jayawardhana A team of British scientists have announced that they discovered signs of life in a meteorite recovered last year from a desert in Morocco. […]

Sri Lanka Muslim Congress (SLMC) Leader and Justice Minister Rauff Hakeem said yesterday he had discussed the Dambulla Mosque dispute with President Mahinda Rajapaksa and that he was confident it would be resolved with justice to all. […]

Onlanka News – By Walter Jayawardhana D.M.K. and the newly appointed Tamil Eelam Supporters Organization (TESO) leader Muthuvel Karunanidhi said  he was optimistic that his new struggle to bifurcate Sri Lanka and carve out a Tamil Eelam would receive the blessings of the Indian Central government, eventually. […]

“I extend my warm and comradely good wishes to the working people of Sri Lanka who today celebrate International Workers’ Day, together with working people throughout the world,” President Mahinda Rajapaksa said in a May Day message. […]

Doctors have recommended that former Army Commander Sarath Fonseka receive indoor hospital treatment for an indefinite period since he was suffering from a severe lung ailment. […]

Onlanka News – By Walter Jayawardhana When Dhanapala Sinham and Sreedasan from Jaffna arrived in the beautiful Kerala city of Kollam , police think, they had some reason to be silent and not talk much: They were there illegally and suspected to be smuggled into the country by human trafficking racketeers. […]

The Sri Lanka Muslim Congress (SLMC) says that it will only abide by a judicial review on the Dambulla mosque issue and not an administration decision. […]

Onlanka News – By Walter Jayawardhana Chinese news agency Xinhua reported Sri Lanka has refused to accept an Indian offer to upgrade a refinery that is built to refine only Iranian oil, a minister said Sunday. […]

Onlanka News – By Walter Jayawardhana United National Party leader Ranil Wickramasinghe has been able to obtain financial help from President  Mahinda Rajapaksa to pay the medical bills for Dr.Jayalath Jayawardena who suddenly took ill at a London air port. […]

The price of a 450 g loaf of bread will be increased by Rs.3 with effect from Monday, All Ceylon Bakery Owners’ Association (ACBOA) Chairman N.K. Jayawardena said. He said that the decision was taken due to the increased of wheat flour price. […]

Minister Wimal Weerawansa said though bread prices would go up by 5 or 6 rupees after the imposition of a Rs. 15 tax on a kilogramme of wheat flour, the most unfortunate family that eats bread for all three meals would have to additionally spend only a sum equivalent to the price of two quids […]

President Mahinda Rajapaksa returned to the island yesterday after completing a successful four-day state visit to South Korea. […]

A traffic jam reported in the Town Hall area due to a protest by a group of Muslims in front of the Davatagaha mosque against the relocation of a Mosque in Dambulla, the police said. […]

The residence of Kelaniya Pradeshiya Sabha Vice Chairman and secretary of Minister Mervyn Silva Chamilaka Duminda has been attacked by a group of individuals, Ada Derana reporter confirmed. […]