Onlanka News – By Janaka Alahapperuma (Pix By: Sudath Silva) Fourth South Asia Conference on Sanitation (SACOSAN – IV) kicked off at the Cinnamon Grand Hotel in the Sri Lankan capital, Colombo on Wednesday 06 April to raise awareness about the sanitation crisis in the region. President Mahinda Rajapaksa inaugurated the four days Ministerial Summit […]

A number of shops in Hatton town were reduced to ashes when a fire erupted in a shop around 5.30 pm yesterday. According to Hatton Police sources, fire that erupted at a shop had blazed out of control, engulfing a number of shops in Main Street. The Police with the assistance of people in the […]

April 15 the day after the Sinhala and Tamil New Year has been declared as a special public and bank holiday. […]

Three days after the World Cup final, officials from Sri Lanka are not happy with the level of courtesy extended to their President Mahinda Rajapaksa during his trip to Mumbai to watch the final. Though no official complaint has been lodged with the Indian government, they have informally conveyed their displeasure at limited tickets made […]

The International Monetary Fund has given Sri Lanka 218.3 million dollars bringing the total disbursed so far up to 1.75 billion US dollars under a 2.6 billion US dollar program, but has called on the Central Bank to tighten liquidity management to prevent further inflation. […]

Onlanka News – By Janaka Alahapperuma Minister of External Affairs Prof. G.L. Peiris met with Lord Green, Minister of State for Trade and Investment of the UK at the Ministry of Trade and Investment in London on 4th April 2011. […]

Opposition and UNP Leader Ranil Wickremesinghe says that the Opposition is ready to cooperate with the government if the latter is willing to place full confidence in the Opposition and work for the benefit of people. […]

Politicians should have a proper understanding of the real problems in the country, says parliamentarian Buddhika Pathirana, United National Party. […]