RAMANNA MYLVAGANAM IN TIGER TERROR PLOT FREED BY US JUDGE

Onlanka News – By Walter Jayawardhana A Canadian man from Malton who pleaded guilty to his role in a 2006 terror plot to supply computers and night vision glasses etc and had future plans to give them aviation equipment for Sri Lanka’s Tamil Tigers was set free today. […]



GREAT BUDDHIST LEADER OF INDIA AMBEDKAR, REMEMBERED

Onlanka News – By Walter Jayawardhana Dr. B.R. Ambedkar.the greatest Buddhist modern India produced was a genius who overcame difficult situations and upheld the right of the neglected sections of society, like the so called untouchables, Vishweshwar Hegde Kageri, District in-charge Minister of Uttara Kannada, said here in Karwar in the Uttara Kannada, India. […]



All set for the Victory Day parade

The Victory Day parade marking the third anniversary of the vanquishing of the ruthless LTTE terrorism from the country and end of the 30 years of terrorist atrocity which resulted in the death of several thousand innocent people of this country and destruction of millions worth property, will be held on May 19 at the […]



Malinga signs $100,000 contract with Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka paceman Lasith Malinga, who is currently playing for Mumbai Indians in the Indian Premier League, has been placed in the top bracket of $100,000 in the central contracts announced by Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) here. […]



Huge LTTE arms dump unearthed in Sri Lanka

  Two years after the decisive battle in which the Tamil Tigers were vanquished, Sri Lankan security forces made their biggest-ever haul recovering 6,250 kg of hidden LTTE explosives. […]



President recalls his days in prison ‘I had only a 2 x 6 cell infested with bugs and mossies’

President Mahinda Rajapaksa on Saturday said that he had not enjoyed the luxury of hot water showers while he was in prison. […]



Fonseka will be freed after Tiran’s return

Gen. Sarath Fonseka will be released soon, as a result of President Mahinda Rajapaksa’s one-on-one talks with Democratic National Alliance (DNA) MP Tiran Alles, according to authoritative government sources. […]



SRI LANKA TO RELEASE INFORMATION ON WAR DETAINEES

Onlanka News – By Walter Jayawardhana Going by the recommendation of the LLRC report the Sri Lanka government has decided to release the information on war detainees. […]



INDIAN RUPEES 100 MILLION WORTH OF HEROIN BOUND TO SRI LANKA SEIZED WITH CARRIERS

  Onlanka News – By Walter Jayawardhana Indian anti- narcotic detectives  arrested four train passengers including two women and a Sri Lankan Tamil who was waiting outside in a car to receive the contraband, seizing ng more than 100 million Indian Rupees worth of heroin to be sent to Sri Lanka this Friday in Chennai. […]



DALAI LAMA TELLS HE HAD BEEN WARNED OF A PLOT TO POISON HIM BY WOMEN

Onlanka News – By Walter Jayawardhana The Dalai Lama has told London’s Sunday Telegraph newspaper that he fears Chinese agents  are training Tibetan women with poisoned hair and scarf to kill him in the guise of seeking blessings from him. […]



INDIAN BOI COMPANY BRINGS WORKERS FROM INDIA TO SRI LANKA UNDER A JOB RACKET TO BE ENSLAVED

  Onlanka News – By Walter Jayawardhana The electrocution death occurred of an Indian worker in a private steel plant of a BOI company has revealed that workers are immigrated to work in this plant under tourist visas from India and they are working under modern day conditions of slavery. […]



KARUNAKARAN KANDASAMY KANDASAMY RELEASED BY JUDGE FOR 5 YRS. TIME SERVED

Onlanka News – By Walter Jayawardhana Karunakaran Kandasamy Kandasamy, a US citizen charged for aiding the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam a terrorist group in Sri Lanka was released by the Federal Judge to time served in jail – about five years, after casting doubt on the terrorism case […]



ATTACKING KARUNANIDHI SUSHMA SWARAJ SAYS SRILANKA’S UNITY AND INTERGRITYSHOULD BE RESPECTED LIKE THAT OF INDIA

Onlanka News – ByWalter Jayawardhana Sushma Swaraj, India’s Leader of Opposition addressing the Madurai convention of her Bharatiya Janata Party questioned why when Sri Lanka’s respected Tamil Leader R.Sampanthan says that he wanted Tamils to remain in a united SriLanka certain leaders in Tamil Nadu want to promote Tamil separatism for Sri Lanka. […]



GMOA call off strike action

The strike action launched by government doctors today has been called off fallowing discussions, the Government Medical Officers Association said. […]



3.5 KILOGRAMS OF HEROIN SEIZED FROM TWO SRI LANKANS IN CHENNAI

Onlanka News – By Walter Jayawardhana The Hindu and Times of India said two Sri Lankan suspects of a drug cartel carrying a large quantity of pure heroin was arrested in Chennai .The ones arrested are only couriers, investigators believed. […]



BJP NATIONAL CHIEF NITIN GODKARI BLAMES SRILANKA FOR TAMIL ISSUES

Nitin Gadkari, National president of BJP hoists the party flag on Thursday at BJP State Conference in Madurai.-Photo: S. James Onlanka News – By Walter Jayawardhana Nitin Godkari, the National President of the Bharatiya Janata Party, the main opposition of the Indian parliament said in Madurai Tamil Nadu that he had spoken to G.L.Peiris , […]