Category: Local News

COLOMBO (Reuters) – Sri Lanka may be a minnow in the oil world, but a near total reliance on Iranian crude imports means it has more reason than most to find a way to avoid being caught in the clutches of U.S. sanctions. […]

State and private sector banks will join hands with the Government to develop the national road network with an allocation of around Rs. 25 – 30 billion for road development and rehabilitation projects in 2012, Secretary to the Ports and Highways Ministry Ranjith Pemasiri told the Sunday Observer. […]

Addressing a long-standing issue raised by Sri Lankans, India on Saturday agreed to work on faster repatriation of Sri Lankan fishermen who get stranded in Indian waters. […]

Self made business tycoon and Chairman of several blue chip corporates Harry Jayawardena yesterday resigned as the Chairman of the Ceylon Petroleum Corporation. […]

The Commission that probed into issues regarding the District Rankings for the Advanced Level Examination have stated that the rankings have been released correctly, the Presidential Secretariat confirmed. […]

The expert committee, appointed by President Mahinda Rajapaksa to probe the 2011 GCE (A/L) examination results mix-up, has said in its report that given the reliance of the UGC on the results of the A/L examination for University admission, the formula to be used in determining the common indicator (the use of the z score […]

Sri Lanka has reacted furiously to a spate of “personalised” foreign postage stamps bearing the image of slain Tamil Tiger rebel supremo Velupillai Prabhakaran. […]

Onlanka.com, one of the premier Sri Lankan News websites and 26 other websites received their certificates of registration with the media and information ministry today (13th Jan) at a function held at the ministry auditorium chaired by the Minister Keheliya Rambukwella. […]

Western Provincial Council member Renuka Perera (Left) intervenes to resolve the tense situation involving the Kolonnawa Urban Council Chairman Ravindra Udayashantha (Right). The United People’s Freedom Alliance has decided to conduct a disciplinary inquiry into the conflict between the Chairman and Deputy Chairman of the Kolonnawa Urban Council. Inquiries are to commence in regard to […]

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Alistair Burt stated: I would like to inform the House of the Government’s views on the Sri Lankan Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission’s (LLRC) report, which was published on December 16, 2011. The LLRC was established in May 2010 to look into the conflict between […]

The government has registered 45 news websites in line with a disputed decision taken late last year to regulate websites. […]

The Cabinet has approved a basic salary increase by 18% for employees of the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB), the Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) and the Water Board in addition to the Rs.2500 allowance, the Government Information Department stated. […]

Teachers of the University of Sabaragamuwa have withdrawn from their academic duties demanding that undergraduates who attacked the house of university warden and security personnel during a protest on Tuesday night be arrested. […]

The Experts Committee appointed by the President to look into issues related to the GCE Advanced Level Examination 2011 results, handed over its report to President Mahinda Rajapaksa yesterday. […]

The Mulatiyana Pradeshiya Sabha has pledged to support the Kelaniya Pradeshiya Sabha members with any steps they take against the Public Relations Minister Mervyn Silva. […]

Defence Secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa yesterday said that there is a possibility that the re-emergence of LTTE in Sri Lanka, as LTTE sympathizers abroad still struggling to achieve the LTTE’s separatist ideology in the country. […]