Category: Local News

The warring factions of the JVP vying for the party’s power, plan to hold two conventions in Colombo. The dates and venue have not yet been fixed but both Somawansa faction and the dissident group are preparing lists of names of the participants, according to party sources. […]

The group of Sri Lankans who were deported from UK are being questioned by the CID at the Bandaranaike International Airport. However despite British media reports the CID claimed that 50 deported Lankans had arrived at the BIA. […]

A group of 50 Lankans who are being deported from the UK will arrive on a flight to Sri Lanka tomorrow (September 29), Chaminda Kularatne, Minister Counsellor (Consular and Immigration) of the Sri Lankan High Commission in London stated. […]

The External Affairs Ministry says that it will take all necessary measures to ensure that ambassador Shavendra Silva’s ability to conduct his duties as a diplomat of the Sri Lankan government is protected. […]

A Consumer products maker in India- Dabur India has announced that it would invest $15 million in Sri Lanka to set up a new export -oriented beverage manufacturing plant to cash in on the rising demand for fruit-based beverages. […]

Party convention of the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) will be convened soon to discuss the current political turmoil. JVP leader Somawansa Amerasinghe admitted to the BBC Sinhala Service that there is an internal conflict in the party as reported by the media. […]

Onlanka News – By Janaka Alahapperuma (Pix by: Nalin Hewapathirana) The first poppy flower was pinned on President Mahinda Rajapaksa Tuesday on 27 September at Temple Trees in view of World Poppy Day or Remembrance Day which falls on November 14. […]

The Malaysian government will be resubmitting a proposal to revive Sri Lanka’s 110km Colombo-Kandy Toll Expressway project worth US$1 billion (RM3 billion), Malaysian news agency Bernama  reported quoting  Special Envoy (Infrastructure) to India and South Asia, Datuk Seri S.Samy Vellu. […]

The JVP dissident group says that the incumbent leader of the party, Somawansa Amarasinghe, General Secretary Tilvin Silva and its Parliamentary Group Leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake have violated the party’s constitution and therefore a party convention must be summoned to take punitive action against them. […]

The JVP dissident group yesterday came out in the open for the first time and vowed to carry out its struggle for a national convention of the party so that the membership could get an opportunity to change its present policies and ideology. […]

An explosion took place in the ammunition dump of the Weerawila Army camp situated near the Weerawila Air Force Base last evening injuring a soldier. […]

Colombo Municipal Council UPFA candidate Mohamed Muzammil said it is only the UPFA that can overcome the challenges that confront the Colombo Municipal Council. “The main burning issue is lack of housing. Over 65,000 people living in Colombo do not have houses and even the families who have housing do not have proper houses with […]

The Sri Lankan government yesterday said that in spite of accusing its military of massacring as many as 40,000 civilians, the LTTE had had to depend on an LTTE cadre, Vatsala Devi to move the US judiciary against President Mahinda Rajapaksa and Ambassador Shavendra Silva, former General Officer Commanding (GOC) of the celebrated 58 Division, […]

An unidentified gunman opened fire at a police constable (PC) and a woman police constable (WPC) on Main Street in Kurunegala today morning critically injuring the constable, Police media spokesman SSP Maxi Proctor said. […]

An Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) of the Police Special Task Force (STF) was shot to death by a STF Chief Inspector (CI) within the STF camp at 65 Junction in Maha-Oya, Ampara today (Sep. 25). […]

A suspect has been arrested for stealing an ATM card from a vehicle and withdrawing over Rs.40,000 from the bank account. Police state that the individual had worked as the driver of the vehicle from which the ATM card and pin number had been stolen. […]