The Cabinet of Ministers has given the green light for a scheme to pay a pension to citizens over the age of 80 years. This follows a proposal forwarded to the Cabinet by Minister of Social Services and Social Welfare Felix Perera. […]

The internal report of the one-man committee appointed to look into the turbulent incident that took place at the Katunayaka Free Trade Zone on May 30 was handed over to President Mahinda Rajapaksa today (June 8). […]

More than 20 female students of the Sri Jayawardenapura University have been temporarily suspended for organizing protest campaigns around the island and causing unrest according to the University authorities, convener of the Jayawardenapura University Students Union Venerable Kamburugamuwe Gnanessara stated. […]

Onlanka News – By Janaka Alahapperuma (Pix by: Sudath Silva) President Mahinda Rajapaksa conferred “Vishista Seva Vibhushanaya- Distinguished Service Decoration” on several senior officers of three services at the investiture ceremony held at the Presidential Secretariat this afternoon on 07 June 2011. The President recognized the exemplary service of senior officers in the three Armed […]

The opposition today charged that the Private Pension Scheme Bill has not been withdrawn from the parliamentary order paper despite the cabinet decision to do so. […]

The Higher Education Ministry and the Minneriya Infantry Training Centre yesterday denied Inter University Students Federation (IUSF) allegations that participants in the leadership training programme were exposed to sexually explicit material at the Minneriya Centre on June 4. […]

The Officer-in-Charge of the Mulleriyawa police and eight other policemen have been interdicted following Saturday’s alleged brutal assault on Neth FM journalist Nilupa Sanjaya. […]

Onlanka News – By Janaka Alahapperuma (Pix by: Chandana Perera) Kokavila (Kokavil) multi-purpose transmission tower commissioned for the nation by President Mahinda Rajapaksa today on 06 June 2011. Kokavila Rupavahini transmission tower which was first constructed in 1982 to facilitate the people in the North to view television broadcast clearly, destroyed by Tamil Tiger terrorists […]

The main goal which Sri Lanka currently has to achieve is accelerating its economic development process, said Prime Minister D.M. Jayarathne. […]

There are many countries in the world striving to obtain the green label. But Sri Lanka truly deserves to be called a green destination and to my mind, it is one of the best locations in the world for eco-tourism” said the world renowned marketing guru , Professor Philip Kotler after taking a tour to […]

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. […]