Lanka e-News temporarily banned

The Pugoda Magistrates Court today (April 28) temporarily banned the operation of the Lanka e-News website until the court proceedings regarding arrested Journalist Shantha Wijesooriya are over. […]



Britain welcomes panel report

 While welcoming the Panel of Experts report of the UN Chief on Sri Lanka, the British government yesterday called on Sri Lanka to use its response to the UN report and the report’s recommendations to strengthen the process of accountability. […]



Six new diplomats present credentials

Onlanka News – By Janaka Alahapperuma (Pix by: Sudath Silva) Six new foreign diplomats have handed in their credentials to President Rajapaksa at the President’s Office yesterday on 26th April. […]



US welcomes recommendations

The United States welcomed recommendations of the Panel of Experts to the Secretary-General on questions of accountability on Sri Lanka. The report “makes a valuable contribution to next steps that should be taken in support of justice, accountability, human rights, and reconciliation in Sri Lanka,” said the US ambassador to the United Nations, Susan Rice. […]





How the controversial Darusman report cynically whitewashes the terroristic LTTE: The horrifying doings of the ‘world’s most disciplined militant group’

While the world had been horror-struck by the gruesome terroristic acts of the LTTE over nearly 30 years, the controversial Darusman report, which Sri Lanka totally rejects, attempts to give the LTTE some dubious respectability in the most cynical fashion.The following quote from the report proves the point: […]



Pensions for All

The government has decided to provide pension rights to all employees of Government Institutions and Private Sector who do not get pensions at present.  A special discussion in this regard was held at temple trees yesterday, under the patronage of President Mahinda Rajapakse. […]



Retirement due to injury fears – Malinga

Sri Lankan star bowler Lasith Malinga today said that he had taken the decision to retire from test cricket, before the 2011 World Cup due to his physical condition and injuries and hoped to play in the shorter forms of the games until the next World Cup  in 2015. […]



UN Expert Panel report made public

Click to Read Report The panel of experts set up to advise Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on accountability issues with respect to the final stages of the conflict in Sri Lanka has found credible reports of war crimes committed by both the Government and Tamil rebels and calls for genuine investigations into the allegations, according to […]



Royal Mail issues new stamps to celebrate Royal wedding

Onlanka News – By Janaka Alahapperuma from London The British Postal Service, the Royal Mail issued a new set of stamps on 21 April, just over a week before the big day to celebrate Prince William and Kate Middleton’s Royal Wedding. The new commemorative stamps, launched by the Royal Mail, show a series of images […]






UN principles violated: Panel report only for Ban’s info – External Affairs Minister

The government believes that the attempted publication of the panel report on Sri Lanka, which was authorized by the United Nations Secretary General, for the purpose of gathering “insights for his own views,” “is basically wrong and contrary to the principles underpinning the United Nations Charter.” […]



Sangakkara, Jayawardene support Malinga’s decision

Former Sri Lankan captains Kumar Sangakkara and Mahela Jayawardene have backed fast bowler Lasith Malinga’s decision to quit Tests on account of a degenerative knee condition. Malinga announced his retirement last week, when the Sri Lankan board questioned his participation in the IPL after withdrawing from the upcoming England Tests citing fitness issues. Sangakkara pointed […]