Dismissing the unanimous resolution of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly that called upon the Government of India to impose economic sanctions against Sri Lanka and declare its President Mahinda Rajapaksa a war criminal, a Minister here said Sri Lanka dealt with India and not with individual States. […]
Onlanka News – By Janaka Alahapperuma (Pix by: Sudath Silva) Abdul Azeez Al-Jamaz, Saudi Envoy for Sri Lanka and Maldives handed over the symbolic key to President Mahinda Rajapaksa for the 500 tsunami houses which the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia built in the eastern province in Sri Lanka. The Saudi government handed over the ownership […]
Onlanka News – By Janaka Alahapperuma (Pix by: Sudath Silva) President Mahinda Rajapaksa handed over 26 Samadhi Buddha Statues to mark 2600 Sambuddhathwa Jayanthi to the External Affairs Ministry to be entrusted to the Sri Lankan missions abroad. This program was jointly organized by the Ministry of External Affairs, the Presidential Secretariat and the Foreign […]
More than 20 female students of the Sri Jayawardenapura University have been temporarily suspended for organizing protest campaigns around the island and causing unrest according to the University authorities, convener of the Jayawardenapura University Students Union Venerable Kamburugamuwe Gnanessara stated. […]
Onlanka News – By Janaka Alahapperuma (Pix by: Sudath Silva) President Mahinda Rajapaksa conferred “Vishista Seva Vibhushanaya- Distinguished Service Decoration” on several senior officers of three services at the investiture ceremony held at the Presidential Secretariat this afternoon on 07 June 2011. The President recognized the exemplary service of senior officers in the three Armed […]
The Higher Education Ministry and the Minneriya Infantry Training Centre yesterday denied Inter University Students Federation (IUSF) allegations that participants in the leadership training programme were exposed to sexually explicit material at the Minneriya Centre on June 4. […]
Onlanka News – By Janaka Alahapperuma (Pix by: Chandana Perera) Kokavila (Kokavil) multi-purpose transmission tower commissioned for the nation by President Mahinda Rajapaksa today on 06 June 2011. Kokavila Rupavahini transmission tower which was first constructed in 1982 to facilitate the people in the North to view television broadcast clearly, destroyed by Tamil Tiger terrorists […]
There are many countries in the world striving to obtain the green label. But Sri Lanka truly deserves to be called a green destination and to my mind, it is one of the best locations in the world for eco-tourism” said the world renowned marketing guru , Professor Philip Kotler after taking a tour to […]