Category: Local News

‘The Police has to play a vital role in the country’s development. The government has given more strength and freedom to the Police to act independently, which is essential to protect peace and harmony in society to successfully realize its development objectives. […]

The Department of Meteorology says that the temperature in Nuwara Eliya dropped to 3.8 degrees Celsius in the early hours of today (Jan 16), the lowest recorded temperature in the country in recent times. […]

The Chairman of the Kolonnawa Urban Council Raveendra Udaya Shantha and  Vice Chairman  Suresh Kodagoda were called over to the SLFP  headquarters and severely warned  said the General Secretary of the United National Freedom Alliance Minister Susil Premajayantha. […]

KOCHI: A suspected sympathizer of the banned LTTE was arrested by Kochi city police from Chengalpettu in Chennai in connection with a human trafficking case involving Sri Lankan Tamils. […]

Sri Lanka and the State of Qatar signed nine Memoranda of Understanding yesterday following the visit of the Emir of the State of Qatar, Sheikh Hamad Bin Khalifa Al Thani. […]

COLOMBO (Reuters) – Sri Lanka may be a minnow in the oil world, but a near total reliance on Iranian crude imports means it has more reason than most to find a way to avoid being caught in the clutches of U.S. sanctions. […]

State and private sector banks will join hands with the Government to develop the national road network with an allocation of around Rs. 25 – 30 billion for road development and rehabilitation projects in 2012, Secretary to the Ports and Highways Ministry Ranjith Pemasiri told the Sunday Observer. […]

Addressing a long-standing issue raised by Sri Lankans, India on Saturday agreed to work on faster repatriation of Sri Lankan fishermen who get stranded in Indian waters. […]

Self made business tycoon and Chairman of several blue chip corporates Harry Jayawardena yesterday resigned as the Chairman of the Ceylon Petroleum Corporation. […]

The Commission that probed into issues regarding the District Rankings for the Advanced Level Examination have stated that the rankings have been released correctly, the Presidential Secretariat confirmed. […]

The expert committee, appointed by President Mahinda Rajapaksa to probe the 2011 GCE (A/L) examination results mix-up, has said in its report that given the reliance of the UGC on the results of the A/L examination for University admission, the formula to be used in determining the common indicator (the use of the z score […]

Sri Lanka has reacted furiously to a spate of “personalised” foreign postage stamps bearing the image of slain Tamil Tiger rebel supremo Velupillai Prabhakaran. […]

Onlanka.com, one of the premier Sri Lankan News websites and 26 other websites received their certificates of registration with the media and information ministry today (13th Jan) at a function held at the ministry auditorium chaired by the Minister Keheliya Rambukwella. […]

Western Provincial Council member Renuka Perera (Left) intervenes to resolve the tense situation involving the Kolonnawa Urban Council Chairman Ravindra Udayashantha (Right). The United People’s Freedom Alliance has decided to conduct a disciplinary inquiry into the conflict between the Chairman and Deputy Chairman of the Kolonnawa Urban Council. Inquiries are to commence in regard to […]

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Alistair Burt stated: I would like to inform the House of the Government’s views on the Sri Lankan Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission’s (LLRC) report, which was published on December 16, 2011. The LLRC was established in May 2010 to look into the conflict between […]

The government has registered 45 news websites in line with a disputed decision taken late last year to regulate websites. […]