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. […]



Now, plastic crates a must to transport tea leaves

The government has decided to make plastic crates mandatory to transport tea leaves, Plantation Industries Deputy Minister Earl Gunasekara said. This decision was taken to ensure the quality of tea, he said. The deputy minister said certain regulations have already been implemented in this regard. “It will be made mandatory to use plastic crates or […]



Sri Lanka requests salary increase for migrant employees in Kuwait and Jordan

Apr 07, Colombo: The Sri Lankan government has requested from the employers’ associations of Kuwait and Jordan to increase the salaries of the Sri Lankan migrant workers, most of whom are housemaids. […]



Sale of vehicles likely to drop by 60-70%

Vehicle importers were in a quandary this week with one section insisting the government needs to remove the age of imported vehicles to one year while others believe there is a necessity to phase out used car imports. But both were against the government recent tax hike on motor vehicles and opined it could result […]



‘Forces linked with govt.’ abducted Gunaratnam, claims his Party

Political activists and leaders of the People’s Struggle Movement in Sri Lanka, Mr. Premakumar Gunaratnam and Ms. Dimithu Attygalle  disappeared on 6th April 2012. Gunaratnam is believed to have been abducted from his temporary residence at No.291/1, Gemunu Mawatha, Kiribathgoda, on April 6. He was last seen by a party member who dropped him at […]