Category: Local News

An election for the leadership of the main opposition UNP is unlikely to be held till December 31, since a number of vacancies for slots in the party’s apex Working Committee had not been filled, UNP General Secretary, Tissa Attanayake said yesterday. […]

Local Government representatives play a key role in the country’s development. They receive a large amount of money, even more than ministers and Parliamentarians, for development activities, President Mahinda Rajapaksa said. […]

The battle for the UNP leadership has intensified, but the current numbers in the Working Committee appear to favour incumbent leader Ranil Wickremesinghe. […]

If Sarath Fonseka has the right to speak to media as a prisoner, then all other prisoners have the right to do the same as well, Minister Mervyn Silva said today (06). […]

The United National Party (UNP) reformists led by the party’s co-deputy leaders Karu Jayasuriya and Sajith Premadasa are pushing for a secret ballot at the two working committee meetings to select a new party leader. […]

The Kollupitiya Police say that the senior lawyer suspected of assaulting Lakbimanews Chief Editor and well-known journalist Rajpal Abeynayake, is yet to report to the Police, for the purpose of attending an inquiry. […]

In a special statement issued today UNP Co-deputy Leader Karu Jayasuriya confirmed that he would contest for the party leadership at the next Working Committee elections. […]

A special advisory committee meeting of the United National Party (UNP) is to be held today (05). The meeting, being held after several months, will prove significant for the UNP, a senior Parliamentarian of the party says. […]

The appeal filed on behalf of former Army Commander Sarath Fonseka who was sentenced to a three year jail term in the ‘White Flag’ case is seeking his acquittal on the grounds that he was sentenced under a non-existing law. […]

President Mahinda Rajapaksa yesterday expressed his readiness to meet defeated presidential election candidate, General Sarath Fonseka’s family to discuss the possibility of releasing the imprisoned former Army Chief. Presidential spokesman, Bandula Jayasekera quoted President Rajapaksa as having said that Mrs. Anoma Fonseka could appeal to him directly without calling for international interference. […]

COLOMBO, Dec 2 (Bernama) — National Geographic Traveler magazine has named Sri Lanka among top six destinations for world travelers in 2012, focusing on island’s hill country, heritage sites, and pristine beaches. […]

The Supreme Court yesterday ordered the Telecommunications Regulatory Commission (TRC) to conduct a full inquiry into websites operating in Sri Lanka and register them with the Mass Media and Information Ministry. The TRC was also ordered to look into the possibility of removing the difficulties to log into the six websites which have already been […]

A court in Chennai has issued a search warrant to Interpol against LTTE’s chief arms procurer Kumaran Pathmanathan alias KP in connection with offences such as crimes involving the use of weapons, explosives, criminal conspiracy and terrorism, a document tabled in Parliament reveals. […]

A person has been killed after being attacked with a sharp object in the Madagamgoda area in Walasmulla. The Police Media Unit said that the person has been killed when a brawl which occurred between two groups at a party in the Madagamgoda area went too far. […]

Onlanka News – By Janaka Alahapperuma Merseyside Police identified the Sri Lankan youth was stabbed to death in Huyton, Liverpool, UK as Appuhamillage A. Mahesh Wickramasinghe. He is from Madampe, Negambo and 30 years old at the time of his death. Mahesh has been stabbed by an unidentified person Tuesday night on 29 November around […]

There’s been a call in Sri Lanka for greater openness and understanding in dealing with HIV and AIDS. Speaking on World AIDS Day, the former national cricket captain, Kumar Sangakkara, said there was a high degree of ignorance and embarrassment surrounding the virus and how it is spread. Kumar Sangakkara, who resigned as cricket captain […]