President leaves for Russia today

President Mahinda Rajapaksa will leave for Russia today to participate in the St Petersburg International Economic Forum which will be held at St Petersburg from June 16 to 18. Sri Lanka will make a debut appearance at the economic forum which brings together over 5,000 political and business leaders in the world. […]



Media Release: Statement by Sri Lanka High Commission, London on the Channel 4 Film “ Sri Lanka ’s Killing Fields”

Onlanka News – By Janaka Alahapperuma The Government of Sri Lanka categorically denies the allegations that it has deliberately targeted its own civilians, as the Channel 4 alleges in its film “ Sri Lanka ’s Killing Fields”. The Government of Sri Lanka, having being fully cognizant of the plight of all civilians in Sri Lanka […]



Sri Lanka celebrates Poson Poya

The Buddhists in Sri Lanka have made all arrangements to celebrate Poson, the festival  celebrated in Sri Lanka on the full moon day of June, with much devotion and piety. […]





CID raid SLC

A special team from the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) conducted a search inside the Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) office in Maitland Crescent yesterday evening to find a missing hard disk which contained valuable information, sources said. […]



Dilshan honoured by Lords

Tillakaratne Dilshan has become the seventh cricketer from Sri Lanka to feature in Lord’s Honour’s Board, courtesy to his big century in the drawn second Test against England. […]



“Stop targeting me on Sri Lanka issue” – Karunanidhi

Former Chief Minister and Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam president M. Karunanidhi has appealed to his political adversaries to stop targeting him on the Sri Lankan Tamil issue while enthusiastically welcoming the resolution passed by the Tamil Nadu Assembly calling for economic sanctions on the island nation and declaration of those who committed crimes during the war […]




Fraudsters using banks

The Police Fraud Investigations Bureau is to bring to notice of several international and local banks operating in the country regarding certain bank practices that threaten the security of the deposits of the bank customers. […]






Recalling ‘the saddest day in Lankan Police history’

June 11, 1990 according to many is the saddest day in the history of Sri Lankan Police. It is the day, the LTTE massacred over 600 unarmed policemen from several police stations in the East, who surrendered allegedly following a request from the very top in the political hierarchy. […]



We deal with India, not with its States, says Sri Lanka

Dismissing the unanimous resolution of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly that called upon the Government of India to impose economic sanctions against Sri Lanka and declare its President Mahinda Rajapaksa a war criminal, a Minister here said Sri Lanka dealt with India and not with individual States. […]



Saudi envoy presents 500 tsunami housing keys to President Rajapaksa

Onlanka News – By Janaka Alahapperuma (Pix by: Sudath Silva) Abdul Azeez Al-Jamaz, Saudi Envoy for Sri Lanka and Maldives handed over the symbolic key to President Mahinda Rajapaksa for the 500 tsunami houses which the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia built in the eastern province in Sri Lanka. The Saudi government handed over the ownership […]