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,” […]
COLOMBO: A World Cup song which carries threats against defending champions Australia as well as earthquake-hit New Zealand has been banned on orders of the Sri Lankan president. The song warns that Ricky Ponting’s Australians will end up as bird food while New Zealanders, still reeling from the Christchurch quake, could have their jaws broken. […]
Army Commander Lieutenant General Jagath Jayasuriya yesterday warned that though there is no room to wage war to physically devastate the nation, there is yet ample room to launch a cyber war through cyberspace against Sri Lanka that could cause the same destruction. He made this observation delivering the keynote speech on Strategic Dimensions of […]
Preventive measures are necessary to find a sustainable solution for the issue of Indian fishermen entering Sri Lankan waters, stated President Mahinda Rajapaksa at a meeting with the editors of government and private media institutes of Sri Lanka, held today (22) at Temple Trees. […]
The Education Minister Bandula Gunawardena at a media briefing held at the Education Ministry yesterday, revealed that out of 340 National Schools in Sri Lanka, 105 National Schools do not have principals in permanent positions . The Education Ministry will take immediate action to recruit new qualified principals by publishing a gazette notification calling for […]
An incident has been reported from Matara where coconut trees have been felled for no reason at all, at a time when the price of coconuts is escalating. The Coconut Research Institute in Lunuwila took a decision to cut down several coconut trees in the Matara district due to a disease which was spreading in […]
Onlanka News – By Janaka Alahapperuma (Pix By : Nishanka De Silva) The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has provided funds for several development projects to develop infrastructure facilities in the Hambantota district. Under this programme, ADB has donated 49 million rupees for the construction of the new office complex for Weeraketiya Pradesheeya Sabhawa. The foundation […]
