Category: Local News

“Customs officers should render an honest, sincere and dedicated service and strive to rake in the maximum possible revenue to state coffers,” said President Mahinda Rajapaksa when he presented appointment letters to a batch of 280 Customs Superintendents and Inspectors at a ceremony at Temple Trees yesterday. […]

All bus fares including private and SLTB fares will be increased by 20% with the minimum fare of Rs.9 with effect from midnight today. […]

A prisoner who was taken to court from the Welikada Prison was abducted by an armed gang near the Colombo Magistrates Court, the police said. […]

A MiG 27 fighter jet belonging to the Sri Lanka Air Force had reportedly crashed into the Hevana area belonging to the Dummalasooriya police area in the Puttlam district a short while ago. […]

Seventeen persons arrested following clash over current bus strike. Police state that bus operators who were engaging in the strike had attacked buses that were operating despite the strike. […]

Scores of commuters have been left stranded due to the strike by the private bus operators today (February 13). The bus operators are protesting the recent fuel hike which saw diesel prices shoot up by Rs. 31. […]

The Government is expecting revenue to the tune of Rs.2 billion from the levies charged on foreign telephone calls for the financial year ending in March 2012, Telecommunication Regulatory commission (TRC) said yesterday. […]

President Mahinda Rajapaksa returned to the country yesterday following a two day state visit to Pakistan. The President paid a state visit to Pakistan on the invitation of Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari. He had extensive talks with President Zardari during the brief stay. The President also met Pakistan Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani […]

  The daughter of a Cabinet Minister had submitted a bid for 900 million rupees to acquire the Children’s and Women’s Hospital at Kirimandala Mawatha, Colombo 5 – a key asset of the collapsed Golden Key (GK) company. […]

Many political, religious and social leaders yesterday condemned Opposition Leader Ranil Wickremasinghe’s statement and categorised it as a move to take political mileage ahead of the UN Human Rights Commission (UNHRC) sessions by discrediting the country. […]

A litre of petrol will be increased by Rs.12, diesel by Rs.31 and kerosene by Rs.35 with effect from midnight today, the Ministry of Petroleum stated. […]

Onlanka News – By Janaka Alahapperuma High Commissioner for Sri Lanka to the UK, Dr Chris Nonis called on Britain to replenish the tremendous reservoir of goodwill it has with Sri Lanka, stemming from the antecedent history between the two countries. He articulated that both our countries have a rich and varied plurality of economic, […]

Onlanka News – By Janaka Alahapperuma (Pix by: Sudath Silva) President Mahinda Rajapaksa arrived in Islamabad entering a new chapter in friendly ties with Pakistan today on 10 February. Sri Lankan President embarked on a two-day official tour at the invitation of his Pakistani counterpart President Zardari. […]

‘Lowa Dinana Kreeda Shakthi’ (Winning the World) programme aimed at encouraging participation of Sri Lankan children and youth in sports was launched under the patronage of President Mahinda Rajapaksa at Temple Trees, yesterday. […]

The Government of Pakistan has agreed to extend an Export Credit Facility of US$ 200 million through the State Bank of Pakistan. This was agreed during the visit of Pakistani President to Sri Lanka in November 2010. […]

An 18 year old student from Dharmapala Vidyalaya in Pannipitiya who was hospitalized after taking a hit from his opponent during boxing practices on Sunday (February 5), died early this morning (Feb 10) in hospital. […]