Pix by Getty Images (CNN) — At least 10 militants attacked a naval air station in the coastal city of Karachi late Sunday, leading to several explosions and an hours-long gun battle with Pakistani forces that killed four naval officials, Pakistani officials and witnesses said. “The naval commandos and the naval marines are tightening their […]
Sri Lanka would keep a close watch on the developments in the probe against leading LTTE activist Perimpanayagam Sivaparan alias Nediyavan who was arrested in Oslo, an External Affairs Ministry official said. He said that the officials would keep track of the case and charges leveled and make inquiries into the alleged terrorist activities of […]
Training for students who are eligible to enter universities will be conducted as scheduled, says the Secretary to the Ministry of Higher Education, Dr.Sunil Jayantha Navaratna. He told Sandesaya that the ministry has already spent about 90 million rupees on this project and can not stop. […]
All progressive trade unions support the proposed private sector pension scheme, which is by no means detrimental to private sector employees, said National Languages and Social Integration Minister Vasudeva Nanayakkara. He said that the pension scheme is another salutary step in the social security program for the working class which was introduced in 1956. […]
Elaborate arrangements are being made to celebrate the second anniversary of the war victory under the patronage of President Mahinda Rajapaksa on May 27 at Galle Face Green. The National Victory Parade jointly organized by the Defence Ministry and the military will be broadcast live on television and radio channels on May 27 from 8.45 […]
Senior Supreme Court Judge and one time Dean of the Faculty of Law, Colombo University, Dr Shirani Bandaranayake was sworn in before President Mahinda Rajapaksa yesterday as the country’s first female Chief Justice. The swearing in took place at Temple Trees yesterday. Dr Bandaranayake was the youngest woman judge to be appointed to the Supreme […]
Onlanka News – Pix by: Janaka Alahapperuma, Lal Dias and Ishan Bazeer Members of the British Sri Lankan Forum (BSLF)-UK visited No: 10, Dawning Street, the official residence of British Prime Minister David Cameron recently. They were allowed to go through the famous door, giving a very unusual time slot to hand over a petition […]
Onlanka News – Report and photos by Thakshila Udage (Submitted by Janaka Alahapperuma) The Midlands International Buddhist Association in the U.K. known as the Birmingham Buddhist Maha Vihara celebrated 2600th Sambuddattva Jayanthi at its headquarters. The participants included different Buddhist nationalities such as Sri Lankans, Indians, Nepalese, Bangladeshis, Vietnamese, Chinese, Japanese, Tibetans as well as […]
New York (CNN) — The head of the powerful International Monetary Fund will spend the next few days in an 11-by-13-foot cell at New York’s Rikers Island jail complex — a far cry from the $3,000-a-night luxury suite where he allegedly chased a housekeeping employee naked down a hallway and attempted to sexually assault her. […]