Category: Local News

Religious activities will take pride of place at the 60th anniversary celebrations of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party. The main ceremony to commemorate the party’s 60th anniversary will be held today at Temple Trees under the patronage of President Mahinda Rajapaksa. An Anniversary Week was declared to celebrate the SLFP’s 60th anniversary from August 30 […]

Press Release issued by the High Commission of Sri Lanka- London (Submitted by: Janaka Alahapperuma) Dr. Chris Nonis assumed office as High Commissioner for Sri Lanka to the United Kingdom today, 01st September 2011, at the Sri Lanka High Commission in London. Dr. Nonis will also be concurrently accredited to Ireland. He succeeds Justice Nihal […]

The Sri Lankan branch of Anonymous claims to have hacked into the DNS servers of Symantec, Apple, Facebook, Microsoft, and several other large organizations over the past few days. […]

  UNPers who were contesting independently for various local bodies at the upcoming local government election would ultimately end up in the party fold once again, UNP MP Dayasiri Jayasekera yesterday said. […]

Public servants numbering 1.3 million in government ministries, statutory bodies and corporations who benefit under the Agra Hara scheme will soon benefit from e cards which will be disbursed to them by the National Insurance Trust Fund. […]

Onlanka News – By Janaka Alahapperuma (Pix by: Sudath Silva) The National Music Awards Festival, the only awards ceremony to honour musicians in the field in Sri Lanka was held under the patronage of President Mahinda Rajapaksa at Temple Trees on 30 August. The President handed over awards to artistes who were recognized as the […]

The backup vehicle of Deputy Minister Vinayagamoorthy Muralitharan alias Karuna Amman has met with an accident at Manampitiya, Achchibokkuwa area at 4.40am today. Two STF personnel have been admitted to the Polonnaruwa hospital following the accident. […]

Colombo’s UPFA mayoral aspirant Milinda Moragoda said Colombo’s rate payers deserve better returns for the rates they pay, adding that he would ensure this would be done once he becomes mayor. […]

The ban imposed on cement imported from Pakistan has been lifted after tests were conducted on the cement in foreign laboratories, Internal Trade Minister, Johnston Fernando stated. […]

The Court of Appeal yesterday granted time till October 3 to the Elections Commissioner to file objections in respect of the writ petition filed by former Army Commander Sarath Fonseka who seeks to have his seat in parliament restored. […]

Indian authorities yesterday found one out of the three Sri Lankan pilgrims reported missing in India. The Sri Lankan High Commission in India informed the Indian Foreign Ministry about the three missing Buddhist pilgrims and the Indian government had alerted all police stations. The Sri Lankan Foreign Ministry had also informed the Indian High Commission […]

The widow of the late LTTE political wing leader S. P. Thamilselvan, Shashirekha in an exclusive interview with The Nation goes back to her youth, learning Bharata Natyam, becoming a dancing teacher, meeting with the LTTE leader Prabhakaran and Thamilselvan. She recounts her experiences in the terrorist group-controlled north including the fate that befell her. […]

Onlanka News – By Janaka Alahapperuma (Pix by: Sudath Silva) President Mahinda Rajapaksa handed over credentials to the newly appointed Sri Lankan High Commissioner- designate to the United Kingdom, Dr Chris Nonis, recently at Temple Trees. According to the reliable sources of the Sri Lanka High Commission in London, Dr Nonis will assume duties this […]

National Authority on Tobacco and Alcohol said today, that as of September 1, the censorship of alcohol and tobacco consumption on television will be scrapped and instead new regulations will be introduced to discontinue the airing of all television programmes showing alcohol or cigarette consumption. […]

Approximately 1800 persons who passed the Korean language proficiency test are included in the pending list for employment in Korea, the Sri Lanka Bureau of Foreign Employment said. […]

Sri Lanka’s foreign minister left on Sunday on a two-week mission to shore up diplomatic support ahead of a U.N. Human Rights Council meeting, where the Indian Ocean nation is expecting to face a fight over Western-led pressure for a war crimes probe. […]