Category: Local News

Amid protests in Colombo and the suburbs intensifying yesterday over the use of plastic crates to transport vegetables and fruits, a compromise was reached at the Dambulla Economic Centre among the security forces, traders and farmers to continue with the customary form of packaging. The three-day crisis has caused a severe countrywide shortage of fruits […]

The government yesterday decided to offer a month’s grace period for traders after considering the issue concerning the compulsory use of plastic crates to transport vegetables and fruits. […]

There will be no change in the Opposition leadership, UNP Leader Ranil Wickremasinghe today stated in parliament. Answering a question raised by Chief Government Whip Dinesh Gunawardena, Wickremasinghe said that what the country needed now was a change in government and not a change within the opposition. […]

Despite claims made by certain UNP MP’s that the party’s Deputy Leader Karu Jayasuriya did not officially notify the party leadership of his intention to contest for the leadership post, a Spokesman for Jayasuriya said yesterday that he had given formal notice in a letter last week. […]

Government MP Namal Rajapaksa said in Parliament yesterday that he is thoroughly embarrassed by the ‘relentless publicity’ given by the state run TV channels to the events attended by his family members and relatives. […]

Those running the country’s premier vegetable and fruit wholesale market in the Pettah yesterday launched a massive protest opposite the Fort Railway Station demanding that the government reverse its controversial decision to make mandatory the use of plastic crates for the transport and storage of several types of perishable items. […]

Roads in Colombo Fort, used as the track for the Colombo Night Race and several junctions to enter Colombo city, will be closed on December 16 and 17, from 6 pm to 6 am, on each day, the Police Public Relations Unit has announced. […]

The President will amend the budget proposal to provide vehicle loans for journalists so that more media personnel will benefit from it, Media Minister Keheliya Rambukwella told Parliament a short while ago. […]

The demonstration which was staged by the traders of the Colombo Manning Market was temporarily stopped a short while ago. […]

Traffic jam reported from the Colombo Fort area due to a protest campaign launched by traders of the Manning Market against the new regulations on transportation of vegetables and fruits. […]

Public Resources Management and Entrepreneur Development Deputy Minister, Sarath Kumara Gunaratne yesterday accused Fisheries Minister Dr. Rajitha Senaratne of depriving consumers of an opportunity to buy fresh fish. […]

The LTTE holed up in the ever-diminishing territory in northern Sri Lanka forcibly recruited children to take part in final defences against government troops, according to a former senior LTTE official, the British newspaper, The Independent reported. […]

Onlanka News – By Janaka Alahapperuma (Pix by: Sudath Silva) Official website (www.lotuspond.lk) of the “Nelum Pokuna (Lotus Pond) – Mahinda Rajapaksa Theatre” was officially launched by President Mahinda Rajapaksa at an event at Temple Trees on 12 December. This was donated by the Chinese Government to cement the long standing friendship between the two […]

The road from the Horton Place roundabout up to the Public Library roundabout is to be named as Nelum Pokuna Mawatha from December 15, after the Arts and Theater complex, titled “Nelum Pokuna Mahinda Rajapaksa Theater” is declared open in Colombo -07. […]

Forty Lorries taken into custody by the Consumer Affairs Authority (CAA) officers this morning at Hanwella and Peliyagoda for transporting vegetables and fruits without using plastic containers, Consumer Affairs Authority officials said. […]

The JVP on Saturday (Dec. 10) said that those held for their alleged involvement with the LTTE should have been tried before Tamil speaking judges. […]