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The monks’ abode (Sangha Wasa) of the Kataluwa Ranwella ancient temple in Habaraduwa, Galle was completely gutted in a fire that broke out within its premises on Monday night due to what is suspected to be an electrical short circuit. […]

By Janaka Alahapperuma – Pix by: Sudath Silva President Mahinda Rajapaksa who is on a three-day official visit to Kazakhstan met his counterpart President Nursultan Nazarbayev yesterday morning (20 November) for bilateral talks. President Nazarbayev welcomed his counterpart with a military guard of honour prior to the discussion. […]

Police said a 92-year-old man, his 85 year-old wife and their 60-year-old son were hacked to death in Halwathura, Bulathsinhala this morning. The bodies were discovered following a tip off to the 119 call centre. Investigations revealed the motive for the murder was robbery. […]

Upon the Signing of Agreement by H.E. Dr Palitha T. B. Kohona, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Sri Lanka to the United Nations and H.E. Mr. Henry Leonard Mac-Donald, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Suriname to the United Nations on 16th November, 2012 in New York, the Government of Sri Lanka and the Government of […]

By Janaka Alahapperuma – Pix by: Sudath Silva President Mahinda Rajapaksa arrived in Astana, Capital of Kazakhstan this afternoon on 19 November for a three day visit. He was invited by Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev for a state visit to the country. […]

A stock of drugs purchased for Rs.971 million last year had been declared to be of inferior quality. But the bulk of them had been issued to patients for treatment by that time, the Auditor General reports. […]

A manager of a shipping company was found with his throat slit, inside his car, an Elite hatchback, on the Marine Drive around noon yesterday. Senior Superintendent of Police Colombo South, Premalal Ranagala, who launched an immediate investigation, said they had ample evidence to apprehend the killer. The victim was identified by a relative as […]

By Janaka Alahapperuma – Pix by: Chandana Perera Series of religious ceremonies have been organized worldwide throughout this week by the people of Sri Lanka to mark the President Mahinda Rajapaksa’s 67th birthday and also the second anniversary relating to his second ascension to the presidency. […]

Onlanka News – by Walter Jayawardhana Professor Chandra Wickramasinghe, Director of the Astrobiological Center at the Buckingham University, England said the recent phenomenon of red rain in Sri Lanka is reportedly similar to the red rain in Kerala in 2011 and 2009 which definitely had some cosmic connection. […]

FILE PHOTO Minister Mervyn Silva said that if his children wanted Lamborghinis, he would buy them some.Minister Mervyn Silva said that if his children wanted Lamborghinis, he would buy them some. […]

Rare showers of red rain fell for over 15 minutes in Sewanagala, Monaragala and Manampitiya,Polonnaruwa yesterday morning hours of yesterday and day before yesterday. According to Meteorology Department sources red rain fell heavily in these areas and the reason has not been found yet. Red rain in Sewanagala and Manampitiya left red frost on the […]

Minister of Minor Export Crop Promotion, Reginald Cooray, and three delegates visited Brazil during the period from 21-26 October 2012 on a trade promotion mission for Sri Lankan spices. […]

The controversial transfer of the HQI of the Kahawatte Police was cancelled on Wednesday. […]

David Cameron is being urged by MPs to consider boycotting next year’s Commonwealth summit in Sri Lanka in protest at its human rights record. The Commons Foreign Affairs Committee said it was wrong for Colombo to host the heads of government meeting amid reports of continuing “serious abuses”. The PM should not attend unless he […]

Two Sri Lankan men were charged yesterday with the murder of a former commander of Sri Lanka’s Tamil Tigers rebel group in Paris, a French judicial source said. Nadarajah Mathinthiran was gunned down on November 8 as he was leaving the headquarters of the Tamil Co-ordination Committee in France (CCTF), an organisation regarded as a […]

Mohan Samaranayake was appointed as the new Media Spokesman to the President in addition to his post as the Chairman of the Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation, the President’s Media Division (PMD) stated. Ms. Anuradha Herath was appointed as the Director of International Media, the PMD stated. Bandula Jayasekera, who earlier held the position, is to […]