Category: Local News

Opposition Leader Ranil Wickremesinghe demanded to know from the Government what action was being taken to relieve the country from the threat and fear of problem called ‘Grease Yaka’. […]

The government yesterday stressed that it will deal firmly with terrorist elements who were responsible for recent incidents in several parts of the country. According to Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa, the maximum punishment will be meted out to the criminals who were involved in the murder of a policeman in Puttalam. […]

Inspector General of Police (IGP) N. K. Illangakoon assured today that the situation in Puttlam is now under control and normalising. […]

RIYADH: The Royal Court has forwarded the case of Sri Lankan death row housemaid Rizana Nafeek for an amicable settlement with the Saudi parents of the child she was convicted of killing, reliable sources told Arab News on Monday. […]

Onlanka News – By Janaka Alahapperuma (Pix By: Sudath Silva) Six foreign envoys including five Ambassadors and a High Commissioner, presented their credentials to President Mahinda Rajapaksa at a ceremony which was held at the Presidential Secretariat today on 22 August. The envoys who presented their letters of credence were […]

Former Justice Minister for the UPFA Milinda Moragoda is tipped to be the mayoral candidate for the ruling party. General Secretary to the UPFA Susil Premajayantha confirmed today that the party has decided on Moragoda being the candidate. […]

A tense situation has broken out in Puttalam following a clash between the police and the people of the area in which at least five people have been injured in a shootout and a policeman was killed after being assaulted by a group. […]

Former Minister Milinda Moragoda is being actively considered to be the government candidate for Mayor of Colombo although no final decision has yet been taken, authoritative governmental sources said yesterday. […]

Construct 2011, the largest exhibition in the field of construction in Sri Lanka was declared open by President Mahinda Rajapaksa at the Sirimavo Bandaranaike Conference Hall in Colombo last morning. […]

In this Photo: Zafar Mahmood, Secretery of Pakistani Ministry of Commerce (seated right) and Tilak Collure, Secretary, Sri Lanka’s Ministry of Industry & Commerce (seated left) sign the agreed minutes of Pakistan Sri Lanka Free Trade Agreement (PSFTA) and related matters on Thursday 18 August at Colombo Hilton as Rishad Bathiudeen, the Sri Lankan Minister […]

CSE has reported total turnover of Rs 6.39 billion at the end of Thursday’s trading. Heavy trading in HVA Foods Plc has contributed more than one billion rupees for the day’s turnover. 31,021,800 shares of HVA Foods changed hands during the trading session and closed 14.30 higher at Rs 33.60. Central Investments and Finance PLC […]

Onlanka News – By Janaka Alahapperuma (Pix by: British High Commission- Colombo) The British High Commissioner to Sri Lanka, John Rankin visited Kandy and paid respects at key Buddhist sites in the sacred hill city recently. He paid his respect to the Sri Dalada Maligawa (Temple of the Tooth Relic) and later visited the Asgiri […]

Onlanka News – By Janaka Alahapperuma A grand show was displayed at the Alfred Duraiappah stadium last Sunday on 14 August to introduce teakwondo as a martial art to Jaffna youths by the Sri Lanka Army, Security Forces Headquarters- Jaffna. A special taekwondo show was performed by Korean teakwondo instructors and the sportsmen and women […]

A series of new regulations will be implemented restricting the use of mosaics or blurred images masking tobacco and alcohol scenes in television programmes. […]

Sri Lanka, two years after winning a three-decade war against separatists, has bought 14 Russian military Mi-171 helicopters in the latest deal between the two allies, Russia’s state-run arms exporter said yesterday. […]

After weeks of publicly opposing UNP leader Ranil Wickremesinghe the Sajith Premadasa Group yesterday accepted his leadership and agreed to work together. […]