UNP leader Ranil Wickremasinghe’s Mother Nalanee Wickremasinghe(92) has passed away last night at a private hospital. Funeral will be held at 6.30 p.m. today(06) at Borella Cemetery. […]

President Mahinda Rajapaksa stressed the importance of having a new form of diplomatic service instead of the traditional diplomatic service. […]

A Sri Lankan has become the first in the world to buy the world’s most expensive book currently in print – an astounding Rs.30.8 million  worth (US$ 275,000) tome on carmaker Ferrari encrusted with 1,500 diamonds. In comparison, a Ferrari 458 Italia car costs only around US$ 225,000. […]

Police have arrested the son of a prominent UNP Parliamentarian charged with assaulting and injuring a police officer while under the influence of alcohol, wilful obstruction of a police officer and use of criminal force. […]

The two police officers who are in custody over the clashes at the Katuanayake Free Trade Zone (FTZ) were further remanded yesterday. […]

Roshen Shanaka’s brother yesterday called on all political parties to refrain from “selling his brother’s remains for opportunistic political needs.” […]

German Ambassador Jens Plotner has warned Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa over what he calls disproportionate use of police force during Monday’s clashes between the police and a large group of workers at the Katunayake Export Processing Zone (EPZ). […]

“From the beginning, the JVP got a person killed and then sold his body and blood stained clothes to gain political advantage. This time a garment worker became their victim. The police blindly assisted the JVP to kill this person,” Foreign Employment and Welfare Minister Dilan Perera said. […]

United National Party Parliamentarian Dr. Harsha De Silva said that if the Private Sector Pension Bill is implemented and payments are made, on the long term,  the government will have no option but to take away a much larger component than two percent from the employer and employee. […]

Sports Ministry has decided to subject school children to testing for banned substances with immediate effect, the Ministry announced today. […]

A 21 year old worker of the Katunayake FTZ who was admitted to the Ragama General Hospital during a clash between police and FTZ workers on Monday succumbed to his injuries a short while ago, the police said. The victim was Roshan Chanaka. […]

Inspector General of Police(IGP) Mahinda Balasuirya has handed over his resignation, Defence Ministry confirms. Balasuriya joined the Police Department in 1978 and was appointed IGP on November 2, 2009 following the retirement of the then IGP Jayantha Wickremaratne. […]

Two police officers were arrested by the CID in connection with the clash at the Katunayaka Free Trade Zone on May 30, Police told Ada Derana. Police used teargas to disperse protesters in Katunayake who had been protesting against the proposed pension scheme for the private sector workers. […]

While one Katunayake Export Processing Zone worker remained critical and around 25 were being treated for injuries at the Negombo hospital, as a result of Monday’s clashes with the police, the main opposition, UNP, yesterday accused the government of having created a violent situation by trying to force an unfair pension scheme on the private […]

‘No country in the world should suffer from terrorism as Sri Lanka has suffered, said Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa and expressed his hope that the other nations will learn from the Sri Lankan experience of defeating terrorism in greater detail, defeat international terrorism and bring safety to the entire world. […]

Onlanka News – Janaka Alahapperuma (Pix By: Chandana Perera) UN Resident and Humanitarian co-ordinator in Sri Lanka,Subinay Nandy calls on President Mahinda Rajapaksa at Temple Trees today on 31 May. Secretary to the President Lalith Weeratunga and Officials at UN Colombo Office were also present at the Occasion. […]