A Sri Lankan has become the first in the world to buy the world’s most expensive book currently in print – an astounding Rs.30.8 million worth (US$ 275,000) tome on carmaker Ferrari encrusted with 1,500 diamonds. In comparison, a Ferrari 458 Italia car costs only around US$ 225,000. […]
“From the beginning, the JVP got a person killed and then sold his body and blood stained clothes to gain political advantage. This time a garment worker became their victim. The police blindly assisted the JVP to kill this person,” Foreign Employment and Welfare Minister Dilan Perera said. […]
United National Party Parliamentarian Dr. Harsha De Silva said that if the Private Sector Pension Bill is implemented and payments are made, on the long term, the government will have no option but to take away a much larger component than two percent from the employer and employee. […]
Two police officers were arrested by the CID in connection with the clash at the Katunayaka Free Trade Zone on May 30, Police told Ada Derana. Police used teargas to disperse protesters in Katunayake who had been protesting against the proposed pension scheme for the private sector workers. […]
While one Katunayake Export Processing Zone worker remained critical and around 25 were being treated for injuries at the Negombo hospital, as a result of Monday’s clashes with the police, the main opposition, UNP, yesterday accused the government of having created a violent situation by trying to force an unfair pension scheme on the private […]
‘No country in the world should suffer from terrorism as Sri Lanka has suffered, said Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa and expressed his hope that the other nations will learn from the Sri Lankan experience of defeating terrorism in greater detail, defeat international terrorism and bring safety to the entire world. […]
Onlanka News – Janaka Alahapperuma (Pix By: Chandana Perera) UN Resident and Humanitarian co-ordinator in Sri Lanka,Subinay Nandy calls on President Mahinda Rajapaksa at Temple Trees today on 31 May. Secretary to the President Lalith Weeratunga and Officials at UN Colombo Office were also present at the Occasion. […]
The process of reconciliation is a priority for the government as it has everything to do with the people, who have now begun to enjoy the dividends of peace, Plantation Industries Minister and Presidential nominee for Human Rights Mahinda Samarasinghe told the 17th Session of the Human Rights Council in Geneva yesterday. […]