‘The government will implement Compassionate Justice for ex-LTTE combatants who have been rehabilitated, President Mahinda Rajapaksa said. […]

The Colombo Fort Magistrate today ordered the Colombo Fraud Investigations Bureau to arrest and  present in Court ITN journalist Sudharman Radaliyagoda who is alleged to have provided  forged document to two scrap iron traders  to obtain 1828 tonnes of scrap iron from Sri Lanka Telecom. […]

Head of the International Criminal Court Sang-Hyun Song has said that his court has no jurisdiction to act on matters from non-signatory States such as Sri Lanka, Israel and the US, a report in The Australian said. […]

International finance agency Fitch lifted Sri Lanka’s credit rating on Monday, handing a boost to the government ahead of a planned $1-billion sovereign bond sale later this year. […]

Lanka Indian Oil Company has requested permission from the government to increase fuel prices again. It has been reported that Lanka IOC had made this request due to the financial losses suffered by the company continuously. […]

Onlanka News – By Janaka Alahapperuma Over 2000 British Sri Lankans of different ethnicities and political hues met in London in Sunday evening to stage a massive demonstration against the Channel 4 TV, which at present is going around the world with a “documentary”, named “Sri Lanka’s Killing Fields”. […]

Sri Lanka’s Ambassador to the United States Jaliya Wickremasuriya, in an exclusive interview with the Sunday Observer, said the US should be aware that human rights have been restored equally to all Sri Lankans without fear or favour. […]

The United National Party (UNP) and the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) are in a tussle to coax wife of former Army Commander Sarath Fonseka, Anoma Fonseka, to come forward as their Mayoral candidate for the Colombo Municipal Council, party sources say. […]

Onlanka News – By Janaka Alahapperuma (Pix by: Chandana Perera) Ayurvedic Expo 2011 International Indigenous Health care Exhibition, Trade Fair and Symposium was ceremonially inaugurated by President Mahinda Rajapaksa at the Bandaranayaka Memorial International Conference Hall  at BMICH, Colombo today on 15 July.  The three day mega Exhibition & Symposium will showcase and promote local […]

Suitable persons should be appointed to local government institutions, says Wimal Weerawansa, Minister of Construction, Engineering Services, Housing and Common Amenities. […]

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka is preparing for its first census of elephants in the island’s forests to help protect the endangered species against the loss of its habitat. […]

Economic Development Minister Hon.Basil Rajapaksa  said that his Ministry has a plan to convert the new market into an Economic Centre in future in order to facilitate farmers in Jaffna to market their cultivations such as Onions and other products. […]

President Mahinda Rajapaksa strongly condemns the cowardly terrorist attack in Mumbai and condoles with the families, the government and the people of India, Director General of the President’s Media Bandula Jayasekera stated. […]

The Sri Lanka government says that the Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) has entered into a hedging deal with Standard Charted Bank (SCB) without prior approval. A London court on Monday decided that Sri Lanka’s Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (Ceypetco) owes over $162 million and interest to Standard Chartered Bank (SCB) for non-payment of dues linked to […]

Commenting on the outcome of the Hedging case filed by the Standard Chartered Bank in the London Commercial High Court which ordered the Ceylon Petroleum Corporation to pay US $ 162 million or Rs. 18 billion with interest to the bank, a former Chief Justice said the ruling would have an impact on pending action […]