COLOMBO, Sri Lanka – Protesters wanting the budget to include employment help for the nation’s youth clashed with police in Sri Lanka’s capital Wednesday, and 13 people were hurt. […]

Onlanka News – By Janaka Alahapperuma (Pix by: Chandana Perera) A new Cancer Ward Complex for Kandy General Hospital will be constructed in January next year, President’s Media Unit announced recently. President Mahinda Rajapaksa has presided over a discussion in detail the project plan at the Temple Trees on the construction of a new ward […]

United National Party (UNP) MP Mohan Lal Grero crossed over to the government today. […]

The rock in the Habantota International Harbour (HIH) that prevented the berthing of large ships had been blasted at a cost of US$35 to US$40 million and the pieces are being removed, a senior Hambantota harbour official said today. […]

Two Malaysian MPs who are very vocal about the situation in Sri Lanka now say that only Colombo can resolve Tamil problems, not any other country or government. […]

UNP MP Buddhika Pathirana said that the examiination papers for the term tests in some of the schools in the Matara district had been released to the students prior to the exam, while some students have been made to participate at a cricket match in the midst of examinations. […]

Speaker Chamal Rajapaksa yesterday prevented Opposition Leader Ranil Wickremesinghe from making a special statement in parliament on behalf of defeated presidential candidate, General Sarath Fonseka. […]

Onlanka News – By Janaka Alahapperuma (Pix by: Sudath Silva) Ananda College, Sri Lanka’s premier Buddhist School, turned 125 years on 31 October 2011, and celebrated its historic anniversary under the patronage of President Mahinda Rajapaksa at the school premises yesterday on 29 November.  Having maintained its pristine glory for 124 years, Ananda College stepped […]

Speaker Chamal Rajapakse has ordered Leader of the House to propose a motion preventing Deputy Minister Sarana Gunawardena from attending Parliament for one week. […]

Former Japanese peace envoy Yashushi Akashi yesterday said that a recently conducted census in the Northern and Eastern Provinces could help Sri Lanka to establish the number of civilians killed in the final phase of the conflict in 2009. […]

The CID yesterday filed in court, parliamentarian Duminda Silva’s bed ticket issued by consultant Neurosurgeon Maheshi Wijeratne. […]

The Norochcholai power plant was shut down temporarily after a fire broke out. There were no major damages to the plant. The power supply is to be restored in a few hours. […]

Soon after opening the first expressway in the country, connecting the capital Colombo with the southern port city of Galle on Sunday, Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa has begun spadework on the next infrastructure project: An expressway linking the capital with the Tamil-dominated Jaffna. […]

The first accident on the Southern Expressway occurred today (November 28) at 7.15am when a speeding vehicle toppled over injuring two persons, the Kelanigama Police stated. […]

An opposition party in Sri Lanka that supported the government’s war against the Tamil Tigers has called for an investigation into alleged war crimes. Somawansa Amerasinghe, the leader of Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) says it supports the recent statement by the defence secretary that accountability will be addressed by the government if needed. […]

Sri Lanka’s first Expressway was ceremonially declared open a short while ago by President Mahinda Rajapakse. The President opened the access road to the Expressway from the Pinnaduwa interchange in southern city of Galle. […]