Category: Local News

Sports Minister Mahindananda Aluthgamage told Parliament yesterday that the salaries of Sri Lankan cricketers for series following the World Cup this year would be paid before December 15. […]

The Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) trade unions will oppose a move to impose PAYE (Pay As You Earn) tax on employees in line with government regulations, according to sources. […]

The Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission (LLRC) Report is to be submitted to Parliament shortly and thereafter released to the media. […]

OKAYAMA — A team of doctors from Okayama University Hospital successfully conducted Sri Lanka’s first lung transplant Wednesday, a hospital said Thursday. […]

The ITC limited of India, a Franchise of SHERATON Group of USA is to invest in a luxury hotel and mixed development project in Colombo. Sri Lanka government on Thursday approved this US dollar 300 million FDI and a land extent of 5 acre in the close proximity of Military headquarters, Colombo on a 99 […]

Police in Saudi Arabia have discovered the body of a Sri Lankan housemaid who had been murdered and then buried. […]

A forensic tent outside Stanley News and Wines on Kingsway, Huyton, Liverpool, where a shop worker was stabbed to death UK Police hunting the killer of a Sri Lankan shopkeeper, who was stabbed to death as he worked, are scouring CCTV footage. The 30-year-old victim, who has not yet been named, was knifed in the […]

A government minister in Sri Lanka has come under fire over the fate of thousands of Indian coconuts. Questioned in parliament, internal trade minister Johnston Fernando admitted that 22,500 coconuts had been dumped in the sea last year. […]

Japan, a top aid giver to Sri Lanka, on Wednesday urged the island’s government to probe war crimes allegedly committed while defeating Tamil rebels and pressed Colombo to improve human rights. […]

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka – Protesters wanting the budget to include employment help for the nation’s youth clashed with police in Sri Lanka’s capital Wednesday, and 13 people were hurt. […]

Onlanka News – By Janaka Alahapperuma (Pix by: Chandana Perera) A new Cancer Ward Complex for Kandy General Hospital will be constructed in January next year, President’s Media Unit announced recently. President Mahinda Rajapaksa has presided over a discussion in detail the project plan at the Temple Trees on the construction of a new ward […]

United National Party (UNP) MP Mohan Lal Grero crossed over to the government today. […]

The rock in the Habantota International Harbour (HIH) that prevented the berthing of large ships had been blasted at a cost of US$35 to US$40 million and the pieces are being removed, a senior Hambantota harbour official said today. […]

Two Malaysian MPs who are very vocal about the situation in Sri Lanka now say that only Colombo can resolve Tamil problems, not any other country or government. […]

UNP MP Buddhika Pathirana said that the examiination papers for the term tests in some of the schools in the Matara district had been released to the students prior to the exam, while some students have been made to participate at a cricket match in the midst of examinations. […]

Speaker Chamal Rajapaksa yesterday prevented Opposition Leader Ranil Wickremesinghe from making a special statement in parliament on behalf of defeated presidential candidate, General Sarath Fonseka. […]