ANTI-NUCLEAR PROTESTORS IN CHENNAI WELCOME SRI LANKAN PROTESTS ON THE ISSUE

Onlanka News – By Walter Jayawardhana The Kudnkulam nuclear plant diplomatic tussle between Sri Lanka and India has given a shot in the arm to many anti-nuclear agitators in Chennai who have been protesting against the upcoming plant in the  area reported the Hindu. […]



CHANDRIKA KUMARATUNGA JUSTIFIES INDIA FOR VOTING AGAINST SRI LANKA AT THE UNHRC MEETING IN GENEVA

Onlanka News – By Walter Jayawardhana Sri Lanka’s former President Chandrika Kumaratunga has justified India for voting against Sri Lanka at the United Nation’s Human Rights Council meeting in Geneva recently. […]



TSUNAMI WARNING ISSUED !

TSUNAMI BULLETIN NUMBER 005 PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER/NOAA/NWS ISSUED AT 1151Z 11 APR 2012 THIS BULLETIN IS FOR ALL AREAS OF THE INDIAN OCEAN. -AN INDIAN-OCEAN-WIDE TSUNAMI WATCH IS IN EFFECT -A MAJOR AFTERSHOCK OCCURRED AT 1043Z WITH MAGNITUDE 8.3 … THE WATCH AREA IS NOW REDUCED … A TSUNAMI WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR […]



Australian claims Sri Lankan agents sexually tortured him

The Australian man abducted in Sri Lanka over the weekend has contradicted the claims of the Colombo government, claiming it abducted him, and were it not for Canberra’s intervention he would have faced certain death. […]



Abductors grilled me on party’s future plans – FSP Leader

Leader of the newly formed Frontline Socialist Party (FSP), Australian national, Premakumar Gunaratnam who had been living in Australia under the false name, Noel Mudalige, was yesterday deported to Australia with the concurrence of the Australian High Commission in Colombo. He had walked into the Colombo Crime Division Headquarters at Dematagoda on Tuesday night, claiming […]



Karunanidhi slams Lanka for raking up Kudankulam nuclear power plant issue

Onlanka News – By Walter Jayawardhana DMK President and former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Muthuvel Karunanidhi  slammed Sri Lanka for raking up the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project issue, saying it had been there for many years and India’s Southern neighbour’s protests now cannot be accepted. […]



Sri Lanka’s first ever Crocodile Park in Matara

Minister Dallas Alahapperuma said the main objective of this measure is to prevent deaths being caused by crocodiles in the surrounding areas of Nilwala Ganga. Every year several persons become victims of these crocodiles as many people in the rural areas on the banks of the Nilwala Ganga are using the river for bathing and […]



‘Abducted’ Attygalle attends press conference

Dimuthu Attygalle who was allegedly abducted on April 6 is currently attending the press conference of the Frontline Socialist Party (FSP). […]



Development dividends will reach remotest corners

The government’s objective is to guarantee that the dividends of the highest economic development that the country has so far achieved, reached the remotest corners of the country, including the North and East, President Mahinda Rajapaksa said yesterday. […]



CONGRESS OPPOSITION CRITICISES BJP MADHYA PRADESH GOVT. FOR HELPING HINDU PILGRIMS TO VISIT SRI LANKA

Onlanka News – By Walter Jayawardhana The Bharatiya Janatha Party led state government of Madhya Pradesh is favouring  a Hindutva agenda in granting subsidies to the state pilgrims to visit Sitamatha temple in Sri Lanka , the Opposition leader of the state has alleged. […]



Premakumar Gunaratnam alias Kumara Mahaththaya found – Police

JVP dissident group leader Premakumar Gunaratnam alias Kumara Mahaththaya who was allegedly abducted is currently in Police custody, JVP MP Ajith Kumara told Ada Derana. He claimed that the IGP N.K. Illangakoon had informed him this morning that Gunaratnam was found. […]



Australia presses Sri Lanka on missing activist

Canberra said it was seeking “urgent clarification” Monday on the fate of an Australian man reported by his family and political party to have been abducted in Sri Lanka over his activism. […]



CEB workers to report sick on Wednesday

Employees of the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) have decided to engage in a sick note campaign on Wednesday (April 11) demanding a 25% increase in wages. […]



I did not back Fonseka, Lanka may miss chance to heal its war wounds – Chandrika

Sri Lanka has a “marvellous opportunity” to heal and reconcile its twin populations after 25 years of civil war, says Chandrika Kumaratunga, Sri Lanka’s former prime minister and president. […]



SRI LANKA IS CONCERNED ABOUT SOUTH INDIAN NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS

Onlanka News – By Walter Jayawardhana Chinese new agency Xinhua reported that Colombo will raise its concern over the nuclear power plants along the coastline of South India before the International Atomic Energy Agency. […]



Gandhi statue vandalism: India conveys concern to Sri Lanka

India has taken up with Sri Lanka the issue of vandalism of a statue of Mahatma Gandhi in the eastern town of Batticaloa and offered assistance in rebuilding it. […]