Sri Lanka Central Bank will set up a common ATM, mobile switch and a card switch as a common payment switch for the first time in Sri Lanka shortly. Central Bank’s Assistant Governor Janaki Mampitiya making a presentation on “Mobile Payments Initiatives in Sri Lanka” at the National Information Technology Conference 2011 in Colombo  has […]

External Affairs Minister Prof G L Peiris and Plantation Industries Minister Mahinda Samarasinghe had discussions in Geneva with Human Rights Council President Laura Dupay Lasserre on the eve of commencement of the 18th session of the Human Rights Council. Sri Lanka’s international critics have, perhaps, lost sight of the very real opportunities for a new […]

Onlanka News – By Janaka Alahapperuma The newly appointed Sri Lankan Ambassador to Sweden, with accreditation to Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, Oshadhi Alahapperuma assumed duties at the Embassy in Stockholm, Sweden recently. […]

Solicitor General Shanthi Eva Wanasundara PC was appointed as the new Attorney General by President Mahinda Rajapaksa  today (12). […]

While the Government Medical Officers’ Association (GMOA) and undergraduates of state universities have taken up cudgels against University Grants Commission’s (UGC) granting degree awarding status to the Private Medical College (PMC) at Malabe, Higher Education Minister S. B. Dissanayake says that he is determined to give his nod to four more requests to start private […]

Indian automobile manufacturer Mahidra and Mahindra is looking at the possibilities of opening up a production plant in Sri Lanka which would cater to the markets in Sri Lanka, Pakistan and Bangladesh. […]

Petroleum Industries Minister Susil Premajayantha said in Parliament yesterday compensation for vehicles damaged due to low quality petrol will commence next week as recommended by the inquiring committee. He said that those who have not obtained a bill for the petrol they purchased will be compensated if they submit an affidavit. Premajayantha said that 1,800 […]

Robert Blake, the US Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asia, will visit Sri Lanka next week to hold wide range of bilateral and regional discussions with top Indian officials. […]

China today assured its support to Sri Lanka to safeguard its sovereignty as the country gears up to face pressure at the forthcoming UN Human Rights Council meeting for a credible international probe into charges of humanitarian crimes during the war against LTTE. […]

An anonymous caller who had called the UNP Secretary Tissa Attanayake had warned him to be cautious over an attempt  to harm his life, said the Cinnamon Gardens Police to the Colombo Chief Magistrate yesterday. […]

President Mahinda Rajapaksa has appointed Minister of Mass Media and Information Keheliya Rambukwella as a member of the Central Committee of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party. […]

President Mahinda Rajapaksa directed the education authorities to take prompt action to structure a job-oriented education system to comply with the present day job requirement. […]