Category: Local News

The S11 railway power sets imported from India are not up to the required standard, says Kumara Welgama, Minister of Transport. He made these observations at a function in Agalawatta. […]

News Source: THe Hindu – By Nirupama Subramanian CHENNAI: Sri Lanka quietly asked the United States for assistance to improve its air defence systems as India-supplied radars had proved insufficient to prevent an attack by LTTE aircraft on the Katunayake air base in March 2007, but it agreed with the Americans that New Delhi must […]

Colombo: Emerging from the shadows of militancy, Sri Lanka’s booming tourism industry recorded another 30 per cent jump for the first two months of this year, with Indians topping the list of holiday makers in the island. The total number of foreign tourists visiting the island jumped to 139,994 in January and February, up from […]

In 2005 when H.E President appointed me as Secretary Defence to take in charge of the security forces the term ‘war hero’ was alien to this nation, the men in uniform were treated as third citizens. Now those who are accusing the government of involving security forces in development work were neither able to march […]

A hydrogen explosion occurred this morning at the quake-hit Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant’s troubled No. 3 reactor, the Japanese government’s nuclear safety agency said. The 11:01 a.m. incident came after a hydrogen explosion hit the No. 1 reactor at the same plant Saturday, and prompted the Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency to urge […]

Sri Lanka Ministry of Education has decided to close schools in theareas where the LG elections are held on March 16 and 17. The schools that are used as the counting centers will be closed from 14th Monday to Friday the18. […]

President Mahinda Rajapaksa has decided to provide one million US dollars in assistance towards the welfare of the Japanese people affected by last Friday’s earthquake and tsunami. The President has already directed Treasury Secretary Dr P B Jayasundera to take necessary action for the release of this sum. […]

News Source: The Hindu CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu’s Director-General of Police Letika Saran on Thursday dismissed as baseless Sri Lankan Prime Minister D. M. Jayaratne’s allegation that the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) had three secret training camps in the State close to its border with Kerala. “There are no LTTE camps in Tamil Nadu. […]

President Mahinda Rajapaksa yesterday said that the Government would take steps to provide subsidized fertilizer to all farmers. “At present the Government provides subsidized fertilizer to paddy, rubber, coconut and tea growers. I have instructed officials to extend the facility to vegetable cultivators as well,” he said. He also noted that the Government would ensure […]

Sri Lanka Minister denied the match fixing allegation that appeared in the Island news paper today. The Minister of Environment Mr. Anura Priyadarshana Yapa who briefed the media at the Wednesdays Post -Cabinet Press Conference has been quoted as saying that the relevant authority should probe match fixing allegations against Mahela, Thilan The Director General […]

The Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) has earned profits of Rs. 5 billion in the year 2010 after incurring losses of Rs. 115 billion in the previous ten years, Minister of Power and Energy Patali Champika Ranawaka said. […]

Source: www.salasalappu.com The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) in its news service has raised a big hue and cry over the reported demolition of a LTTE graveyard in Sri Lanka’s North. A BBC report claimed that there was sharp criticism over the demolition of the graveyard and the construction of a Military Camp on that site. […]

DNA Colombo District MP Jayantha Ketagoda, who visited his party leader former army commander Sarath Fonseka in Welikada Jail, walks back to his vehicle together with DNA MPs Vijitha Herath and Tiran Alles. Pic by Pradeep Pathirana […]

Prime Minister D M Jayaratne said that he could not accept the claim that women in Sri Lanka suffer discrimination and firmly believed that there is a reasonable environment for women to realize their aspirations. He was addressing the International Women’s Day National Ceremony at the BMICH yesterday. It was held under the theme “her […]

Onlanka News – By Janaka Alahapperuma (Pix by: Chandana Perera) Veteran photographer Mr. Gunasiri Silva whose photographs turned up in news papers, magazines and even national media outlets for many decades has passed away in the early hours on Monday 07 March after a brief illness at the age of 76. Mr. Gunasiri Silva began […]

Postal voting for the local government elections will take place today and tomorrow. The Elections Scretariat said that a total of 250,000 state employees hadqualified to cast their postal votes. […]