India shock Sri Lanka

India came up with an outstanding performance to annihilate Sri Lanka a short while ago chasing down the Lankan total of 320 within just 36.4 overs. Virath Kohli slammed 133 runs off 86 balls to help the Indians gain the bonus point in order to keep their hopes alive for the best of three finals […]



Dilshan, Sangakkara flay India’s cricket bowlers

50 overs Sri Lanka 320 for 4 (Dilshan 160*, Sangakkara 105) v India Tillakaratne Dilshan equalled his best one-day score of 160 and Kumar Sangakkara also smashed a ton in Hobart Tuesday as Sri Lanka pushed India to the brink of elimination from the tri-series. […]





We genuinely aspire stable and sustainable peace; Samarasinghe

Minister Mahinda Samarasinghe the Leader of the Sri Lankan delegation currently in Geneva at the UNHRC session outlined the initiatives taken by the government to address issues raised. Addressing the session Samarasinghe invited delegates to visit the country and witness for themselves first hand the transformation that has taken place in the country. below is […]



Join hands to defeat conspiracies – Mahanayake Theras

The Mahanayake Theras of the three Nikayas in a joint statement yesterday have called upon the people to shed all petty differences and join hands with the government to defeat all foreign conspiracies aimed at undermining the country’s development efforts and the communal and religious unity and amity now building up. “If the people go […]



Sri Lanka kicks off 14th population and housing census from the President’s House.

Onlanka News – By Janaka Alahapperuma (Pix by: Sudath Silva) The 14th Census of Population and Housing conducted by the Department of Census and Statistics of the Ministry of Finance and Planning was inaugurated today on 27 February at the President’s House with the participation of President Mahinda Rajapaksa. The official 2012 Census kicked off […]



No need for resolution as SL already implementing LLRC recommendations – Samarasinghe

There is no need for a resolution on Sri Lanka calling for the implementation of the LLRC’s recommendations as this is already being done by the Government, Plantation Minister and President’s Special Human Rights Envoy Mahinda Samarasinghe said addressing the 19th session at the UN Human Rights Council a short while ago. […]




Tutu urges independent inquiry on Sri Lanka

The UN Human Rights Council has an opportunity and a duty to help Sri Lanka advance its own efforts on accountability and reconciliation. Both are essential if a lasting peace is to be achieved, Archbishop Desmond Tutu and former Irish President Mary Robinson say in an article written to The Guardian today. […]




UNP opposed to resolution brought on SL by UNHRC

The main opposition UNP today assured that it is willing to support the government in any action that is taken on behalf of the country and it is fully opposed to any resolution that is being adopted on Sri Lanka by the UN Human Rights Council. […]



Oman may help Sri Lanka if Iran oil sanctions bite

(Reuters) – Oman may sell oil to Sri Lanka in the event of a crisis, which the island nation is racing to avert with U.S. sanctions on Iranian crude threatening its primary refining supply, Sri Lankan officials told Reuters on Friday. […]



25 injured as buses collide

Twenty five people were injured outside the Technical College on the Ratnapura-Kuruvita road after a private bus had crashed into a stationary SLTB bus, police stated. […]