Milinda Moragoda : Senior Presidential Advisor
May 4, 2011 - 7:50 pm
Central Bank explains inflation – Most food items down, everything else goes up
May 4, 2011 - 8:56 am
“The contribution to the monthly increase of 0.1 percent in the Index came from price increases in the non-food items, mainly due to the revision in the prices of fuel and gas during the month,” the Central Bank said. Year-on-year inflation reached 9.8 percent in April the highest in 27 months. […]
CID TO OBTAIN STATEMENT FROM FORMER SL TEST CRICKET CAPTAIN HASHAN THILAKARATHNE
May 3, 2011 - 7:58 pm
Dilshan to leave IPL next week
May 3, 2011 - 9:34 am
Colombo: Sri Lanka’s newly-appointed cricket captain Tillakaratne Dilshan will leave his IPL side Royal Challengers Bangalore next week to be available for the national team’s first tour game in England. Dilshan will join the national squad on May 11, three days before the opening tour match against Middlesex. The arrangement was worked out after negotiations […]
Obama’s statement on bin Laden’s death: ‘A terrorist who’s responsible for the murder of thousands of innocent men, women and children’
May 3, 2011 - 8:59 am
The full text of US President Barack Obama’s statement on Osama bin Laden’s death: “Good evening. Tonight, I can report to the American people and to the world that the United States has conducted an operation that killed Osama bin Laden, the leader of Al-Qaeda, and a terrorist who’s responsible for the murder of thousands […]
Osama bin Laden, the face of terror, killed in Pakistan
May 2, 2011 - 9:41 am
(CNN) — The most prominent face of terror in America and beyond, Osama Bin Laden, has been killed in Pakistan, U.S. officials said Sunday night. Bin Laden was the leader of al Qaeda, the terrorist network behind the September 11, 2001, attacks on the United States. U.S. officials said that their forces have the body […]
May Day with the largest attendance in Sri Lanka’s history : No force will be allowed to rob Sri Lankans of their hard-won freedom and peace – President Mahinda Rajapaksa
May 2, 2011 - 9:27 am
International conspiracy to revive terrorism in Sri Lanka: Sri Lankan President in his May Day Message
May 1, 2011 - 12:49 pm
There are certain international conspiracies to give life back to terrorism which we defeated. This is a take back of the victory we achieved with enormous dedication and patience. I expect the whole working community will be united under one banner to sfegurad the country. said Sri Lankan President in his May Day message. “The […]
Jaya Sri Maha Bodhi sapling for France to mark the 2600 Sambuddhathwa Jayanthi
May 1, 2011 - 9:54 am
Onlanka News – By Janaka Alahapperuma (Pix by: Sudath Silva) A sapling of the sacred Jaya Sri Maha Bodhi in Anuradhapura is to be planted in Paris to mark the 2600 Sambuddhathwa Jayanthi celebrations, announced the French National Buddhist Organization in France. The Bo sapling was handed over recently to the Head of the International […]
COST OF HYBRID VEHICLE WITH ENGINE CAPACITY OF OVER 3000CC, TO INCREASE BY RS. 3 M. – MOTOR VEHICLE IMPORTERS
April 29, 2011 - 1:29 pm
Hashan Tillakaratne alleges match-fixing in Sri Lanka
April 29, 2011 - 1:18 pm
COLOMBO: Dropping a bombshell, former Sri Lanka skipper Hashan Tillakaratne has claimed that match-fixing is common in his country since 1992 and promised to reveal names of those involved, soon. Tillakaratne, who played 83 Tests and 200 ODIs for Sri Lanka, made the sensational claim while appearing in a TV show. […]