‘We will present the world with our achievements on bringing normalcy and peace to Sri Lanka, bring to light the factual position about this country and thereby expose the falsity of the controversial Darusman Report, President Mahinda Rajapaksa said yesterday. Speaking to local newspaper Editors at a breakfast meeting at Temple Trees the President said […]
A demonstration was held opposite the Fort Railway Station yesterday against the ban imposed on the Lanka e-news website, and against media suppression. The demonstrators charged that Lanka e-news Journalist Shantha Wijeysooriya had been assaulted by a jailer at the Matara prison. […]
Defense Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa has said that the controversial Darusman panel has failed to recognize the immense steps the government has taken to bring peace and reconciliation, matched with development, to the North and North-East of the country that not too long ago was controlled with an armed iron fist by the LTTE. […]
One of the two policemen who had allegedly assaulted ITN journalist Niroshan Premaratne was interdicted yesterday, Police Chief Mahinda Balasuriya said. Attack on ITN journalist: “The two policemen have been arrested for further investigations and prosecution,” IGP Balasuriya said. […]
It is necessary that the new generation of Buddhist monks in Sri Lanka learn the Tamil language to help reconciliation between communities after decades of war, teachers of Buddhist scripture say. All Island Pirivena Teachers Association (AIPTA) made of teachers of Buddhism told BBC Sinhala service, Sandeshaya that the Buddhist monks should be able to […]
Minister of Power and Energy Patali Champika Ranawaka, Western Province Minister Udaya Prabhath Gammanpila, Nishantha Sri Warnasinghe together with 21 other devotees, clad in white shaved their heads according to buddhist rituals and embarked on a 10 day Dasa Sil observance and Meditation at Sadhaham Sevana Viharaya, Gothami Road Rajagiriya last morning. In preparation for […]
Onlanka News – By Janaka Alahapperuma (Pix by: Nalin Hewapathirana) Veteran Film Star Joe Abeywickrama (Gammana Patabendige don John Abeywickrama- 78) paid a visit to President Mahinda Rajapaksa at Temple Trees on 06 May. The reason of this visit and the discussion he had with the President is not known yet. […]
Onlanka News – By Janaka Alahapperuma (Pix by: Chandana Perera) President Mahinda Rajapaksa declared open the Sambuddhathwa Jayanthi Mandiraya building at the Manelwathu Maha Vihara premises at Bollegala in Kelaniya to mark the 2600 Sambuddhathwa Jayanthi Anniversary on 07 May. […]
Sri Lanka was having talks with Iran on funds for the expansion of the Sapugaskanda oil refinery, an official from the Ministry of Petroleum Resources said. “The Iranian government has pledged to finance 70 per cent of the total cost expanding the refinery and the balance will be taken care of by the government of […]