St. Joseph’s Balika, Kegalle athlete Shivanthi Kumari Rathnayake and Pasyala Central College runner Dulaj Madusanka created a piece of history on Sunday when they won country’s first ever 400 metres golds in the women’s and men’s categories respectively, in an Asian Junior Athletics Championship, as Sri Lanka commenced its medal hunt in the 15th edition […]
Onlanka News – by Walter Jayawardhana The rugby legend Jonny Wilkinson hit world headlines due to his 2003 World Cup final heroics, when his drop goal in the last minute of extra-time delivered the trophy to England. He made another sensation when he told the London Times that he became a Buddhist by reading Quantum […]
Deputy Inspector General of Police of the Greater Colombo Area I M.Karunaratne has been transferred to the Puttlam District with immediate effect, according to service requirements, the Police headquarters announced today. Puttlam District DIG E.A. Edirisinghe has been appointed as the DIG Greater Colombo. […]
President Mahinda Rajapaksa yesterday met His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI at the Vatican in Rome. Earlier, during his visit to Britain in connection with the Diamond Jubilee celebrations of Queen Elizabeth II, President Rajapaksa had a series of useful meetings with a wide range of British political leaders. […]
Onlanka News –By Walter Jayawardhan A few days ago (June 5th and 6th), during the much publicised transit of Venus, microorganisms living in the upper layers of the clouds that shroud this planet would have reached Earth. This is according to the latest research carried out by Professor Chandra Wickramasinghe and Dr. Janaki Wickramasinghe of […]
Reginald Cooray leaves for Mumbai without attending function A Sri Lankan Minister, who had come here on Thursday to attend a programme at the Sugarcane Breeding Institute, had to leave for Mumbai without attending it after activists of the Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (MDMK), Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi (VCK), Periyar Dravidar Kazhagam (PDK) and Tamil Desa […]
People’s Liberation Army (PLA) of People’s Republic of China (PRC) is prepared to provide Sri Lanka with any assistance whatsoever in case of any emergency, catastrophe or otherwise, so said General Lisng Guanglie, Minister of National Defence, PRC during a meeting held at the PLA General Headquarters on Thursday (7) with Sri Lanka’s Army Chief […]
Onlanka News – By Walter Jayawardna Frustrated by the unending rivalry between his two sons for the succession of his party leadership the President of the DMK and Chairman of the Tamil Eelam Supporters Organization M.Karunanidhi has told on his 89th birthday that he would contest for the position if he was alive next year. […]
Onlanka News – By Walter Jayawardhana DMK President and Chairman of the Tamil Eelam Supporters Organization (TESO) Muthuvel Karunanidhi whose 89th birthday wish was the bifurcation of Sri Lanka started his birthday with hearing all kinds of ominous news when Chennai Corporation and Police started pulling down hundreds of illegal flex boards and then banners […]