Category: Local News

Led by MP Mavai Senadhiraja, TNA MPs arrive at Jaffna Civil Affairs Office on Saturday to meet Jaffna Commander Maj. Gen. Mahinda Hathurusinghe. In the background is one of the vehicles, which the TNA said was damaged by the army – Pix by The Island. Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa directed Jaffna Army Commander Major General […]

UNP Deputy Leader Karu Jayasuriya who paid a glowing tribute to late Prime Minister Dudley Senanayake yesterday on his birth centenary said politicians should possess the ability of forming a government bringing all people with diverse political views. […]

  Sri Lanka’s online visa system will become operational before the onset of the European winter in September, the Immigration chief said yesterday. Nearly 70 percent of the project has already been completed and now we are working on the technical modalities, Immigration and Emigration chief Chulananda Perera told the Sunday Times. […]

The CID in its investigations have determined that when the police said that they had opened fire to save Senior DIG Ravi Wijegunawardena, who was being attacked allegedly by FTZ workers on May 30, the DIG was in fact in hospital. […]

“We respect the sovereignty of Sri Lanka and oppose external forces intervening in the internal affairs of Sri Lanka,” President of China Hu Jintao said in the course of bilateral talks he had with President Mahinda Rajapaksa at the Corintia Nevsky Hotel yesterday. […]

IGP Dr. Mahinda Balasuriya yesterday, (16 June) paid his farewell call on Secretary to the Ministry of Defence Mr. Gotabaya Rajapaksa at his office. […]

Six persons of the same family were killed when a trishaw collided with a tipper in the Mawathagama town this morning, the Mawathagama police said. […]

Onlanka News – By Janaka Alahapperuma (Pix by: Sudath Silva) President Mahinda Rajapaksa left for Russia this morning on 16th June to participate in the “15th St. Petersburg international Economic Forum”.  He reached Russia to a very warm welcome, unveiling another new chapter in relations between the two countries. The President was warmly welcomed by […]

Some media channels have been misrepresenting facts about Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) and working for the agendas of some people who are expecting big positions at the Cricket Board, Sports Minister Mahindanada Aluthgamage stated. […]

President Mahinda Rajapaksa will leave for Russia today to participate in the St Petersburg International Economic Forum which will be held at St Petersburg from June 16 to 18. Sri Lanka will make a debut appearance at the economic forum which brings together over 5,000 political and business leaders in the world. […]

Onlanka News – By Janaka Alahapperuma The Government of Sri Lanka categorically denies the allegations that it has deliberately targeted its own civilians, as the Channel 4 alleges in its film “ Sri Lanka ’s Killing Fields”. The Government of Sri Lanka, having being fully cognizant of the plight of all civilians in Sri Lanka […]

The Buddhists in Sri Lanka have made all arrangements to celebrate Poson, the festival  celebrated in Sri Lanka on the full moon day of June, with much devotion and piety. […]

Healthcare Minister Maithripala Sirisena says a large scale financial scam could have taken place at an ongoing building project at a major government hospital. […]

The Department of Railways says that train services between Anuradhapura and Mihintale will be free of charge for devotees during the Poson season. […]

A special team from the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) conducted a search inside the Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) office in Maitland Crescent yesterday evening to find a missing hard disk which contained valuable information, sources said. […]

Former Chief Minister and Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam president M. Karunanidhi has appealed to his political adversaries to stop targeting him on the Sri Lankan Tamil issue while enthusiastically welcoming the resolution passed by the Tamil Nadu Assembly calling for economic sanctions on the island nation and declaration of those who committed crimes during the war […]