Professor G.L. Peiris, Minister of External Affairs, briefed Ambassadors and High Commissioners accredited to Sri Lanka comprehensively on current developments. The briefing took place at the Ministry of External Affairs on Monday. Consuls representing foreign countries were also present. […]

COLOMBO, Sept.16 (Xinhua) — The forthcoming visit by China’s top legislator Wu Bangguo will help enhance the relationship between Sri Lanka and China, said Chamal Rajapaksa, speaker of the parliament in an interview with Xinhua here Sunday. […]

Malaka Silva, Rehan Wijeratne and five others were ordered to be remanded till September 24 by Colombo Fort Magistrate Kanishka Wijeratne. […]

Lured by promises of better conditions in Australia, Sri Lankan refugees or nationals play into the hands of human traffickers Yet another instance of Sri Lankan refugees or nationals becoming victims of human smugglers has come to the fore with the latest incident off Nagapattinam. […]

Sri Lanka Customs has detained a container load of highly radioactive stainless steel and aluminium household articles imported from India. […]

Onlanka News – By Walter Jayawardhana In another apparent headline and vote catching attempt for her AIADMK in the coming elections Tamil Nadu’s Chief Minister Jayalalitha said she will soon go the Supreme Court seeking that the 1974 and 1976 accords under which Katchateevu islet that was ceded to Sri Lanka by the Central government […]

Onlanka News – By Janaka Alahapperuma (Pix by: Sudath Silva) Eight foreign envoys including six new Ambassadors and two High Commissioners handed over their credentials to President Mahinda Rajapaksa on 14 September. The ceremony for the handing over of credentials by the new diplomats was held at the Presidential Secretariat under the patronage of the […]

United States wants the Sri Lankan government to show “accelerated progress” in speeding up the process of reconciliation and granting of political rights to the Tamils of the North. […]

Colombo, Sep 13 (IANS) Sri Lanka is holding discussions with India to lift a travel advisory issued after 184 Sri Lankan pilgrims were attacked in Tamil Nadu, a government spokesman said Thursday. […]

Commonwealth is enriched by Sri Lanka’s membership and the country also gains from access to the Commonwealth’s networks of 54 member governments through the sharing of resources and experiences and opportunities, said Commonwealth Secretary General Kamalesh Sharma. Sharma issuing a statement over his visit to Sri Lanka to participate in the 58th CPA conference in […]

Chief Minister Jayalalithaa on Thursday said Sri Lankan tourists and pilgrims would face no problem in the State and sought to explain that she had prevented sportspersons from that country playing or training in Tamil Nadu only to express the State’s anguish and protest over the denial of rights due to Tamils in the island […]

Onlanka News – By Janaka Alahapperuma (Pix by: Sudath Silva) Lance Corporal Pradeep Sanjaya who did Sri Lanka proud by winning a Bronze Medal at the London Paralympic Games recently met President Mahinda Rajapaksa at Temple Trees today on 13 September. […]

Minister Patali Champika Ranawaka said that the opposition has no moral right to make criticism about the Lak Wijaya Power Plant in Puttalam. Explaining the background that led to the establishment of the Lak Wijaya Power Plant the Minister said that the proposal for establishing a coal power plant was made in 1985 and only […]

The country’s unemployment rate dropped to below six percent due to President Mahinda Rajapaksa’s efforts to enhance the scope of vocational and technical education, Youth Affairs and Skills Development Minister Dullas Alahapperuma said. […]