Category: Local News

Tamil expatriate in Canada T S Swarnam expressed his strong displeasure over the nomination of Neethan Shan as the candidate of the New Democratic Party (NDP) in Scarborough Rouge River for the upcoming provincial election in Canada. He observed that Neethan Shan has been an active campaigner for the LTTE for more than a decade, […]

Six people, including a child, died in an accident involving two lorries at Wariyapola town in the Kurunegala district yesterday afternoon, Police said. […]

The Sri Lanka Medical Council launched a token strike from 8am today (October 5) to 12 noon in protest of last evening’s attack on the Registrar of the Medical Council, Dr. N.J. Nonis. […]

Measures will be taken to construct an airport in the Nuwara Eliya district, President Mahinda Rajapaksa said. The President on Monday instructed the relevant ministers to identify suitable land for the purpose, the President’s media said. […]

A suspect arrested in connection to the stabbing of a Police Constable in the Modara area yesterday (03) has died, police said. The suspect had reportedly died while returning with a team of police officers after revealing the location of weapons used in the murder of the policeman. […]

A member of the Dharmaloka College Kelaniya Parent-Teacher Association who had been severely critical of a lottery that the school was planning to introduce to raise funds for the college swimming pool was severely warned by Public Relations Minister Mervyn Silva. […]

A Rs 20 billion development plan is underway in Kandy to give the world heritage metropolis a major facelift under a Presidential initiative. President Mahinda Rajapaksa addressing the business community and professionals in Kandy on Sunday said that the city would be developed and facilities expanded, maintaining its cultural value, historical significance and scenic beauty. […]

The sports minister in Sri Lanka has said he will launch an investigation into allegations that the ministry’s own medical unit provided banned substances to some of the country’s sports personnel. […]

Battle-hardened campaigner turned Parliamentarian Rear Admiral Sarath Weerasekara’s maiden directorial venture ‘Gamani’ is being screened to packed houses in the EAP circuit with the patriotic masses treating the movie with reverence. […]

Exploration teams have found a large natural gas deposit in offshore waters within Sri Lanka, President Mahinda Rajapaksa said yesterday. The President made the announcement in Kandy where he addressed municipal workers at his official residence. […]

Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Ltd., chairman and senior journalist Bandula Padmakumara has sent letters of demand to Lanka-e-News at No. 11/1, Rajagiriya Road, Rajagiriya, its head and Editor-in-Chief D.P. Sandaruwan Senadheera and News Editor, Bennet Rupasinghe demanding Rs. 1,000 million within 14 days for damaging his reputation by publishing false and malicious news reports. […]

The mayoral candidate of the UNP contesting the Colombo Municipal Council, A. J. M. Muzammil is confident that the UNP that had won the Colombo Municipal Council election for more than half a century will win the forthcoming election. […]

Onlanka News – By Janaka Alahapperuma (Pix by: Sudath Silva) The Government of Sri Lanka is reintegrated 1800 rehabilitated former LTTE cadres into society at a ceremony held at Temple Trees today on 30 September. The Ministry of Rehabilitation and Prison Reforms organized this special ceremony in view of socializing rehabilitated ex-Tamil Tiger combatants. […]

A tense situation prevailed in Karandeniya between the police and residents following the death of a 40 year old doctor who was shot dead yesterday by two men who came in a motorbike. […]

A tense situation erupted in Dompe, a short while ago, as villagers surround the police station following the death of a suspect in police custody. […]

Five suspects were arrested last night for printing about 20,400 illegal copies of the ‘Lanka’ newspaper by a suspended editor of the Lanka Newspaper, police said […]