Karunanidhi wants Centre to back ‘Eelam’ campaign

Onlanka News – By Walter Jayawardhana Going ahead with his campaign for carving out a separate ‘Tamil Eelam’ in Sri Lanka, Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam president M. Karunanidhi on Wednesday sought the revival of the Tamil Eelam Supporters Organisation (TESO), an outfit he was associated with in the 1980s, to fight for a separate State for […]



Sri Lanka to expand apparel trade with South Korea

Rishad Bathiudeen, Minister of Industry and Commerce of Sri Lanka met Sihyung Lee, Deputy Minister for Trade of Republic of Korea on 22 April on the sidelines of the 13th Ministerial Meeting of UNCTAD General Assembly Session at the Qatari National Convention Center, Doha. […]




Namal Rajapaksa should be Cabinet Minister to revive, resuscitate and strengthen the Government!

– By Dr. Telli C rajaratnam – Day and Night a young man went from district to district, day by day across the miles with knapsack on his back with literature about the President of this country. He stopped at every corner touched the hearts of those around him with his polite speeches which he […]



Discussed 13th Amendment, says Sushma

Onlanka News – By Walter Jayawardhana The Leader of the all-party Indian delegation was quoted having told the Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh that she discussed devolution of powers to the Sri Lankan provinces with President Mahinda Rajapaksa. […]



U.N. SEPARATED COUNTRIES HAVE NO RELEVANCE TO SRI LANKA THE HINDU TELLS KARUNANIDHI

Onlanka News – By Walter Jayawardhana Attacking Muthuvel Karunanidhi the leader of the DMK for asking for the separation of Sri Lanka and create Eelam through UN intervention the Hindu newspaper in no uncertain terms said the cases of Montenegro, South Sudan, East Timor and Kosovo where the UN intervened have no relevance to Sri […]




Court orders probe into death threat

Colombo Chief Magistrate Prasanna Alwis today ordered Inspector General of Police (IGP) N.K. Illangakoon to investigate into the alleged death threat received by Hirunika Premachandra, daughter of the slain former MP Bharatha Lakshman Premachandra. […]



Vehicle prices will come down-Minister

The unloading of vehicles at the Hambantota port, which would begin next month, would significantly reduce the prices of motor vehicles, Deputy Minister of Ports and Highways Rohitha Abeygunawardena said. […]



Hutch Lanka launches 3G

Hutchison Telecommunications Lanka (Hutch) has launched commercial 3G services based on a HSDPA/HSUPA network covering Sri Lanka’s Western province including capital Colombo. […]




RESPONSE TO AN ARTICLE HEADLINED,“INTRIGUES BY THE MINISTRY OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS”

  “The Ministry regrets the manner in which the said article seeks to present an absolutely erroneous position to the readership, regarding the institution’s functioning and certain of its officials. “The references and accusations against the Ministry and its officials are totally baseless, and it is evident that the article is an exercise of vilification […]




MULTI TALENTED CHRISTINA KINGSBURY

– By Sadhana Vikram – Model, Singer, Artist, Writer, Poet & Thinker “Full Many a flower to born to blush unseen and waste its fragrance in the desert air” Christina Kingsbury is a multi talented teen living in Colombo. She was born at Joseph Frazer Nursing Home in Colombo and when she was just 2 […]




Anuradha Cooray qualifies for London Olympics

Sri Lankan marathon runner Anuradha Cooray has qualified for the 2012 London Olympics after he finished the London Marathon today (April 22) clocking two hours 17 minutes and 50 seconds, President of the Athletic Association of Sri Lanka (AASL), Major General Palitha Fernando said. […]