Sri Lanka’s star batsman Sanath Jayasuriya strongly and remorsefully reject malicious reports against him and claims that these are sadistic attempts by his political opponents to damage his political career. A website believed to be financed by a discarded politico who has joined the United National Party recently and is famous for intermittently publishing doctored […]
Sri Lanka Railways (SLR) arrested 14,044 people who were found travelling without tickets in trains and charged Rs 77 million from them in 2010. The SLR recovered RS.4.8million as fines from the 8,840 ticketless travellers within the Colombo region while 3,204 people who were travelling without tickets have paid Rs 1.6 million in the Anuradhapura […]
UNP MPs Sajith Premadasa and Ravi Karunanayake were locked in an angry exchange of words at yesterday’s meeting of the party’s nomination board for the local polls. The war of words erupted when the board chaired by UNP leader Ranil Wickremesinghe was discussing the list of candidates for the Tissamaharama and Beliatte areas. Others present […]
A group of 20 investors, led by businessman Dhammika Perera, drive the Colombo Stock Exchange’s top 40 quoted companies and have holdings collectively worth Rs. 122 Billion. The group of 20 investors, led by the Secretary to the Ministry of Transport and former Chairman of the Board of Investment, Dhammika Perera, have been identified as […]
The United Nations yesterday lauded the Government’s efforts in assisting the people who were affected by floods in the Eastern, North Central and Central Provinces. UN Assistant Secretary General for Humanitarian Affairs and Deputy Emergency Relief Coordinator Catherine Bragg addressing the media at the conclusion of a three day visit to Sri Lanka, said the […]
The Police Department on Wednesday commenced interviews to recruit 1,000 Tamil youth to the police service. The interviews will be continued for several days. These interviews are being held to recruit both men and women sub-inspectors and police constables, and police drivers to serve in the districts of the Northern Province and all applicants are […]
Sri Lanka Elections Commissioner has rejected 84 applications from political parties sought registration. Elections Commissioner calls for applications for registration of new political parties every January according to the Elections Amendment Act No 58 of 2009. Additional Commissioner of Elections Mr. W.W. Sumanasiri said that during elections no political party is registered. The applications were […]
Former parliamentarian K. D. Lal Kantha says that although millions have been allocated to import luxury vehicles for parliamentarians who have not been granted ministerial posts, the government has approved only a meagre sum as relief to those affected by the recent floods.
The Ministry of Irrigation and Water Resources Management has formulated a programme to sell the produce of the Mahaweli zones in Colombo at concessionary rates. Subject Minister Nimal Siripala De Silva speaking to Newsfirst said that the step had been taken to prevent the price of consumer goods from increasing due to the extreme weather […]
The first phase of the new Colombo – Matara rail track is nearing completion and the stretch from Galle to Matara is being constructed at a cost of US$ 36 million. When the Newsfirst team arrived at the location, the construction work was being carried out expeditiously. […]
A union representing doctors in Sri Lanka has protested against government plans to stop free healthcare for those addicted to alcohol. The health ministry is planning to stop free health care to “alcohol-addicts” from next month. The union says the new measure jeopardises doctor-patient relations because medics are required to provide a health report for […]
Onlanka News – By Janaka Alahapperuma (Pix by: Sudath Silva) President Mahinda Rajapaksa participated the Thai Pongal National Festival at Alfred Doraiappa Stadium in Jaffna this morning on 17 January while all the Hindus countrywide joined in celebrating the Thai Pongal festival on a grand scale. The main ceremony was made colourful by a special […]
Onlanka News – By Janaka Alahapperuma (Pix by: Sudath Silva) President Mahinda Rajapaksa paid homage to Nagadeepa Temple in Nainativu Island on 17 January after attending at the National Thai Pongal Festival which was held at the Alfred Doraiappa Stadium. Chief incumbent of the Nagadeepa Temple and the Chief Sangha Nayaka of the Northern Province, […]