Source: Daily News – By Nadira Gunatilleke According to the COPE report Rs 18 million is due to the SLRC from UNP MP Mangala Samaraweera while the same report says. SLFP paid the SLRC Rs 166,175, Youth Affairs Minister Dullas Alahapperuma said. Minister Alahapperuma was addressing the weekly SLFP press briefing at the Mahaweli Centre […]
Onlanka News – By Janaka Alahapperuma (Pix by: Chandana Perera) President Mahinda Rajapaksa visited the location where the two Kfir fighter jets of the Sri Lanka Air Force crashed this morning on 01 March. He inspected the crash site in Weeragula, Gampaha on his way to Colombo after concluding scheduled programmes in Anuradhapura. The President […]
Minister Samarasinghe briefs the16th UNHRC Sessions Sri Lankan Government has taken considerable action to facilitate the restoration of normal lives of the returning IDPs in the northern province of the country.. Sri Lankan Minister Mahinda Samarasinghe who is in-charge of the subject Human Right issues in the Cabinet has said that they had now begun […]
Onlanka News – By Janaka Alahapperuma (Pix by: Chandana Perera) President Mahinda Rajapaksa said those who love their country will be protected by the country itself and an ethical and peaceful society should be created for the future generation by safeguarding the freedom that was gained through great sacrifices. He made these remarks at the […]
Vote for the ‘betel leaf’ to usher economically vibrant and socially developed villages, said President Mahinda Rajapaksa addressing the first major district summit held in support of UPFA candidates contesting the forthcoming Local Authority Election in Anuradhapura yesterday. On the same note the President said that the UPFA had started all its victorious election campaigns […]
The massive development commenced by the government in the North and East will not cease until the end is visible, says Basil Rajapaksa, Minister of Economic Development. The minister made this comment during the function held to declare open the central bus stand in Batticaloa. […]
The handing over of command, with Chief of Defence Staff Air Chief Marshal Roshan Goonetileke relinquishing his duties as Commander of the Air Force, took place at the SLAF Headquarters yesterday evening (27 February). Air Chief Marshal Roshan Goonetileke handed over command of the Sri Lanka Air Force to Air Vice Marshal Harsha Abeywickrama. […]
Source: DM Online – By Kelum Bandara Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation had written off as much as Rs. 123 million as “unrecoverable” balances in 2009, including Rs. 47 million from various government establishemetns, Parliament was informed last week. According to the annual report of the Corporation presented in Parliament, this amount written off also included […]
Onlanka News – By Janaka Alahapperuma (Pix by: Chandana Perera) Young June Park, South Korean Deputy Minister for Trade and Energy of Ministry of Knowledge Economy of South Korea has expressed his government’s support to implement measures to protect the environment and minimize the damaging issues which arise from the accelerated development programmes in Sri […]
Onlanka News – By Janaka Alahapperuma (Pix by: Chandana Perera) Sri Lanka President Mahinda Rajapaksa declared open the first ever National Eye Bank constructed at a cost of 300 million rupees at the National Eye Hospital premises, Colombo on 24 February. The bank will provide high quality corneas to Sri Lankan patients as well as […]
Onlanka News – By Janaka Alahapperuma (Pix by: Chandana Perera) The global economic crisis taught the world many lessons. Those lessons varied across nations. But all countries learnt common as well as individual lessons, from this crisis. In general, the crisis left behind, a trail of serious damage across nations and shook the very foundations […]
Which country had the best performing market in 2010? FOX NEWS asked in a special report on Sri Lanka. ‘Guess what? It was not the United States of America! The best performing stock market was Sri Lanka’s CSE which was up 96% for the year’, they said. Calling Sri Lanka ‘the rising star of the […]
Sri Lankan Government is making multi pronged approaches to evacuate expatriate Sri Lankans working in Libya as the situation there is worsening. Sri Lanka’s Minister of foreign Employment Promotion and Welfare told this edition that he has appointed a committee to coordinate these matters through the External Affairs Ministry round the clock. […]
Disciplinary action will be taken against traffic police officers who use mobile phones when on duty during peak hours, a senior officer of the Traffic Police said. He said only an Officer-in-Charge could use a mobile phone while the others should use their official communication equipment. “Others have communication equipment to use for official purposes,” […]