Exploration teams have found a large natural gas deposit in offshore waters within Sri Lanka, President Mahinda Rajapaksa said yesterday. The President made the announcement in Kandy where he addressed municipal workers at his official residence. […]

Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Ltd., chairman and senior journalist Bandula Padmakumara has sent letters of demand to Lanka-e-News at No. 11/1, Rajagiriya Road, Rajagiriya, its head and Editor-in-Chief D.P. Sandaruwan Senadheera and News Editor, Bennet Rupasinghe demanding Rs. 1,000 million within 14 days for damaging his reputation by publishing false and malicious news reports. […]

The mayoral candidate of the UNP contesting the Colombo Municipal Council, A. J. M. Muzammil is confident that the UNP that had won the Colombo Municipal Council election for more than half a century will win the forthcoming election. […]

Onlanka News – By Janaka Alahapperuma (Pix by: Sudath Silva) The Government of Sri Lanka is reintegrated 1800 rehabilitated former LTTE cadres into society at a ceremony held at Temple Trees today on 30 September. The Ministry of Rehabilitation and Prison Reforms organized this special ceremony in view of socializing rehabilitated ex-Tamil Tiger combatants. […]

A tense situation prevailed in Karandeniya between the police and residents following the death of a 40 year old doctor who was shot dead yesterday by two men who came in a motorbike. […]

A tense situation erupted in Dompe, a short while ago, as villagers surround the police station following the death of a suspect in police custody. […]

Five suspects were arrested last night for printing about 20,400 illegal copies of the ‘Lanka’ newspaper by a suspended editor of the Lanka Newspaper, police said […]

The warring factions of the JVP vying for the party’s power, plan to hold two conventions in Colombo. The dates and venue have not yet been fixed but both Somawansa faction and the dissident group are preparing lists of names of the participants, according to party sources. […]

The group of Sri Lankans who were deported from UK are being questioned by the CID at the Bandaranaike International Airport. However despite British media reports the CID claimed that 50 deported Lankans had arrived at the BIA. […]

A group of 50 Lankans who are being deported from the UK will arrive on a flight to Sri Lanka tomorrow (September 29), Chaminda Kularatne, Minister Counsellor (Consular and Immigration) of the Sri Lankan High Commission in London stated. […]

The External Affairs Ministry says that it will take all necessary measures to ensure that ambassador Shavendra Silva’s ability to conduct his duties as a diplomat of the Sri Lankan government is protected. […]

A Consumer products maker in India- Dabur India has announced that it would invest $15 million in Sri Lanka to set up a new export -oriented beverage manufacturing plant to cash in on the rising demand for fruit-based beverages. […]

Party convention of the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) will be convened soon to discuss the current political turmoil. JVP leader Somawansa Amerasinghe admitted to the BBC Sinhala Service that there is an internal conflict in the party as reported by the media. […]

Onlanka News – By Janaka Alahapperuma (Pix by: Nalin Hewapathirana) The first poppy flower was pinned on President Mahinda Rajapaksa Tuesday on 27 September at Temple Trees in view of World Poppy Day or Remembrance Day which falls on November 14. […]

The Malaysian government will be resubmitting a proposal to revive Sri Lanka’s 110km Colombo-Kandy Toll Expressway project worth US$1 billion (RM3 billion), Malaysian news agency Bernama  reported quoting  Special Envoy (Infrastructure) to India and South Asia, Datuk Seri S.Samy Vellu. […]