Category: Local News

Economic Development Minister Hon.Basil Rajapaksa  said that his Ministry has a plan to convert the new market into an Economic Centre in future in order to facilitate farmers in Jaffna to market their cultivations such as Onions and other products. […]

President Mahinda Rajapaksa strongly condemns the cowardly terrorist attack in Mumbai and condoles with the families, the government and the people of India, Director General of the President’s Media Bandula Jayasekera stated. […]

The Sri Lanka government says that the Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) has entered into a hedging deal with Standard Charted Bank (SCB) without prior approval. A London court on Monday decided that Sri Lanka’s Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (Ceypetco) owes over $162 million and interest to Standard Chartered Bank (SCB) for non-payment of dues linked to […]

Commenting on the outcome of the Hedging case filed by the Standard Chartered Bank in the London Commercial High Court which ordered the Ceylon Petroleum Corporation to pay US $ 162 million or Rs. 18 billion with interest to the bank, a former Chief Justice said the ruling would have an impact on pending action […]

The deadline to hand over all illegal weapons or face being detained by the Army warns Eastern Province Army Commander Maj. General Boniface Perera. […]

President Mahinda Rajapaksa said he would happily welcome all criticism aimed at exposing any lapses of the government in its objective to fulfil the people’s aspirations. […]

Minister Basil Rajapaksa  on Sunday (10) officially handed back the lands to 247 families in Thanankilappu area in the Chavakachcheri- Pooneryn road after it was cleared of land mines by the Sri Lanka Army. […]

New Bus service linking the North and South operative One thousand new buses are to be introduced to the Sri Lanka Transport Board to expand the public transport system, Sri Lanka Transport Board Chairman M.D. Bandusena said […]

Opposition Leader Ranil Wickremesinghe said yesterday that the entire population would suffer if the international community, which accuses Sri Lanka of war crimes, imposed sanctions; and that that was the reason the UNP was ready to support the government’s efforts to avoid such an eventuality. […]

Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa yesterday praised national cricketer Kumar Sangakkara for solidly backing the country’s successful war effort against the LTTE at a time a section of the international community is targeting the Sri Lankan military over accountability issues. […]

Onlanka News – By Janaka Alahapperuma (Pix by: Nalin Hewapathirana) Secretary of State for Defence in the UK, Dr. Liam Fox paid a courtesy call on President Mahinda Rajapaksa at Temple Trees today on July 09. […]

The CTB is to commence a special daily bus service from Devundara to Point Pedro today (July 9). The one-way fare will cost Rs. 855. […]

IGP N K Illangakoon said that the arresting of a suspect in connection with the mysterious killings in Kahawatta region was possible due to public help. He said another suspect is to be arrested soon. […]

The newly built Buddha Mandiraya in Kothalawalapura Samadhi Buddhist Centre, Ratmalana was opened by President Mahinda Rajapaksa yesterday. […]

The inaugural edition of the Sri Lanka Premier League ( SLPL), after facing a series of problems including the withdrawal of Indian players from the tournament, has been postponed to August 2012. […]

Onlanka News – By Janaka Alahapperuma A cross section of academics, journalists, opinion makers and members of the Sri Lankan Diaspora in the UK met at the Sri Lanka High Commission in London on July 5th with Adviser to the President on Reconciliation Prof. Rajiva Wijesinha. In his opening remarks, Prof Wijesinha noted that the […]