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Initial investigations revealed that the killing of the two monks at Kotte Raja Maha Viharaya was carried out over a personal dispute and police did not specifically give details due to the current status of investigations. […]

More than 3000 Sri Lankans residing in the foreign countries conducted  the Sathyagraha  in front of United Nations Human Rights Commission in Geneva on 19.03.2012 at 6.30 pm Sri Lanka time. […]

More than 3000 Sri Lankans residing in the foreign countries conducted  the Protest  in front of United Nations Human Rights Commission in Geneva on 19.03.2012 at 07.00 pm Sri Lanka time. […]

The ongoing development would see Colombo being transformed into a world-class city, that could be the centerpiece of Sri Lanka’s economic revival. At the same time, the government would also develop cities and towns in the rest of the country, Defence and Urban Development Ministry Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa said yesterday. […]

The government was negotiating with the US on the resolution at the UNHRC calling for accountability and reconciliation issues in Sri Lanka and it might not be put to vote this week, UNP leader Ranil Wickremesinghe told the UNP parliamentary group meeting in Colombo, according to party sources. […]

Two Buddhist monks of the Kotte Rajamaha Viharaya were murdered by unidentified gang inside the Rajamaha Viharaya, Kotte, a short while ago, Police said. The two monks were identified as Ven.Pitigala Jinasiri thero and Borelasgamuwe Gunarathana thero. […]

U.S. officials said they gained a key ally in their effort to push Sri Lanka to allow an independent investigation of government atrocities carried out at the climax of the country’s 26-year civil war against the Tamil Tigers in 2009. […]

Minister Wimal Weerawansa today claimed that he had been subjected to a huge attack and local Americans were trying to kill him following a request he made to boycott American products. […]

Sri Lankans in Europe have staged a massive protest against Geneva conspiracies against the motherland. Sunanda Deshapriya who attempted to sabotage the protest on behalf of the tigers is in Police custody.Srimal Pathiraja reporting from Geneva said that this is considered as a major victory achieved by Sri Lanka. More than 10,000 Sri Lankans have […]

Popular cinema, teledrama and stage actor Anton Jude has passed away, Ragama Hospital sources told Ada Derana. […]

New Delhi: In a victory for the DMK and the AIADMK, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday said that the government intended to vote in favour of the US-led resolution against Sri lanka at the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC), but the final draft of the resolution was awaited. […]

The Sri Lankan rupee hit a new low of around Rs.127.00 against the US dollar a while ago, currency dealers said. […]

An Adishtana pooja and Satyagraha organised by the Surakimu Maubima National Organisation, to defeat anti-Sri Lankan forces and conspiracies will be held on Monday  at 4.00 p.m. at the Viharamaha Devi Park, Colombo. […]

‘Channel Four should present the allegations they make against Sri Lanka Army with evidence to the Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission (LLRC) instead of dramatizing their old video clips taken from open sources of pro-LTTE websites’, the Sri Lanka Army yesterday said. “NGO activists,such as, Pakiasothy Sarawanamuttu, Sunila Abeysekara, Nimalka Fernando and Sunanda Deshapriya from […]

15 MARCH 2012 Your  Excellency, It is regrettable that a section of the international community led by the United States of America,  United Kingdom, and the European Union have initiated a national sovereignty eroding resolution against Sri Lanka during the current Nineteenth session of the Human Rights Council at the United Nations in Geneva. […]

Onlanka News – Press Release by Janaka Alahapperuma (Pix by: Nimal Navaratne) Hundreds of peace loving Sri Lankan expatriates converged outside the American Embassy in London on Sunday 11 March to protest against the United States sponsored resolution on Sri Lanka at the ongoing United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in Geneva. […]