Category: Local News

Speaker of the Lok Sabha Meira Kumar yesterday expressed sincere apologies to the visiting Sri Lankan delegation over AIADMK members shouting slogans against them. […]

United National Party (UNP) Chairman Gamini Jayawickrama Perera said yesterday the crisis within the party would be resolved before the next parliamentary sessions on August 9. […]

The Anuradhapura Magistrate yesterday cleared a massive backlog of cases when she delivered judgments in 203 cases in a day. […]

“The false claims and allegations made by Tamil Diaspora together with the LTTE international network will be laid to rest with the release of the factual analysis reports, said Secretary Defence Mr. Gotabaya Rajapaksa. […]

LTTE cadres were not killed when they surrendered to the army during the war, says Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa. “Why should the government, which directly looked after the family of LTTE leaders, kill those who surrendered to the military?” he questioned. […]

The indigenous people of the world have lost the rights enjoyed by the Adi Vasis in Sri Lanka. The government of Sri Lanka as a people-friendly government will stand for strengthening and safeguarding the rights of the Adivasis said the President Mahinda Rajapaksa addressing a ceremony held yesterday on the Sallativu coast in Vakarai to […]

The government of Sri Lanka has invited the UK-based Channel 4 News to visit Sri Lanka to study the ground situation. Sri Lanka’s No: 2 at the UN Maj. Gen. Shavendra Silva has informed Foreign Affairs Correspondent of Channel 4 News, Jonathan Miller of Sri Lanka’s readiness to facilitate a visit. […]

United National Party (UNP) Leader Ranil Wickremesinghe who is in Britain to attend a meeting of the Commonwealth Parliamentarians’ Association broke his silence on the tussle for post of party leader and said he had assigned Deputy Leader Karu Jayasuriya to unite the party as asked for by a majority of the members. […]

Onlanka News – By Thushara Amarasinghe from London (Pix by: Upendra Alwis- SLUK Media) UNP leader Ranil Wickremasinghe requested UNP party members in the UK to join hands together to bring the party into the winning stream. He made these remarks when Mr Wickremasinghe met the interim committee and the members of the UNP-UK branch […]

UNP Leader Ranil Wickremesinghe in a statement said today that he has assigned Deputy Leader Karu Jayasuriya to unite the party as it is the majority view of the party. (Await more details) […]

Defence Secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa questioned the credibility of the latest Channel-4 video broadcast on Wednesday night charging that the British Government should take action against Channel-4 for airing what he called “irresponsible videos”. […]

President Mahinda Rajapaksa said that the commitment of the Asian political leadership is essential to collectively overcome the challenges faced by the fisheries and aquaculture industry at present. President Rajapaksa was delivering the keynote address at the Asian Regional Ministerial Meeting on Aquaculture for Food Security, Nutrition and Economic Development yesterday at the Hilton Hotel, […]

UNP Deputy Leader Karu Jayasuriya has agreed to take up the party leadership on a request made by a group of UNP MPs, UNP co-Dept. Leader Sajith Premadasa told Ada Derana over the phone a short while ago. Sajith added he undertook the responsibility to bring in a majority support to make the appointment […]

The Ministry of Prison Reforms and Rehabilitation has taken steps to introduce a computerized data system for all the prison inmates islandwide, an official from the ministry said. […]

The Sri Lanka Army today said that the latest channel 4 video, released last night, featuring two soldiers, is a fake. […]

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